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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| 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% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| 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% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenni Minto | 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% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | 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% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michelle Thomson | 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% |
| 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% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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 |