Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 94
Amendment 217: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 44 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 14 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 217 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 | 115 | 44 | 71 | 14 | 89.15% | 38.26% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 56 | 44 | 12 | 10 | 84.85% | 78.57% |
| Government | 63 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
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 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 80.95% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |