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% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| 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% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | 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% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.69% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | 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% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | 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% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | 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% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Keith Brown | 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 |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| 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% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | 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% |
| Gillian Martin | 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% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |