Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 43
Amendment 75: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 45 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 13 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 75 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 | 116 | 45 | 71 | 13 | 89.92% | 38.79% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 56 | 44 | 12 | 10 | 84.85% | 78.57% |
| Government | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 80.95% | 94.12% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 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 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 96.43% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 5.88% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |