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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 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% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 5.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Audrey Nicoll | 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% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | 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% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | 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 |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | 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% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ben Macpherson | 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% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | 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% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |