Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 81
Amendment 319: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 46 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 12 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 319 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 | 117 | 46 | 71 | 12 | 90.70% | 39.32% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 56 | 45 | 11 | 10 | 84.85% | 80.36% |
| Government | 63 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 96.83% | 1.64% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.64% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |