Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 80
Amendment 318: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 44 MSPs
No: 72 MSPs
Absent: 12 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
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 318 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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 116 | 44 | 72 | 1 | 12 | 89.92% | 37.93% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 56 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 84.85% | 78.57% |
| Government | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 85.71% | 94.44% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 5.56% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 94.44% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |