Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 67
Amendment 202: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 52 MSPs
No: 67 MSPs
Absent: 10 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 202 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 | 119 | 52 | 67 | 10 | 92.25% | 43.70% |
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 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 8 | 87.88% | 87.93% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 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 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.64% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |