Scottish Parliament – Oct. 28, 2025 – 56
Amendment 29: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 42 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 19 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 29 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 | 110 | 42 | 68 | 19 | 85.27% | 38.18% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 80.30% | 79.25% |
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |