Scottish Parliament – Nov. 4, 2025 – 96
Amendment 219: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 44 MSPs
No: 72 MSPs
Absent: 13 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 219 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 | 116 | 44 | 72 | 13 | 89.92% | 37.93% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 57 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 86.36% | 77.19% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 92.86% | 96.15% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| 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 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 3.85% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | 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% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |