Scottish Parliament – Oct. 28, 2025 – 93
Amendment 51: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 43 MSPs
No: 70 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 51 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 | 43 | 70 | 16 | 87.60% | 38.05% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 42 | 12 | 12 | 81.82% | 77.78% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 93.65% | 1.69% |
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.69% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Dunbar | 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 |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |