Scottish Parliament – Oct. 28, 2025 – 6
Amendment 16: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 48 MSPs
No: 66 MSPs
Absent: 15 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 16 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 | 114 | 48 | 66 | 15 | 88.37% | 42.11% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 81.82% | 87.04% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |