Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 95
Amendment 218: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 45 MSPs
No: 72 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 218 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 | 45 | 72 | 12 | 90.70% | 38.46% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 57 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 86.36% | 78.95% |
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 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |