Scottish Parliament – Oct. 28, 2025 – 40
Amendment 22: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 42 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 16 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 22 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 113 | 42 | 71 | 16 | 87.60% | 37.17% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 81.82% | 75.93% |
| Government | 63 | 59 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 93.65% | 1.69% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 93.65% | 1.69% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 92.86% | 96.15% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 3.85% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.69% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |