Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 32
Amendment 72: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 48 MSPs
No: 72 MSPs
Absent: 9 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 72 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 | 120 | 48 | 72 | 9 | 93.02% | 40.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 96.83% | 1.64% |
| Opposition | 66 | 59 | 47 | 12 | 7 | 89.39% | 79.66% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 96.43% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 96.83% | 1.64% |
| Labour | 21 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 95.24% | 95.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 5.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.64% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |