Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 82
Amendment 320: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 47 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 11 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 320 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 | 118 | 47 | 71 | 11 | 91.47% | 39.83% |
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 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 9 | 86.36% | 80.70% |
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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | 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% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.64% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |