Scottish Parliament – Nov. 5, 2025 – 4
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 26 MSPs
No: 91 MSPs
Absent: 12 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is voting against a motion, and opposition MPs/parties are divided in their support.
This can reflect an amendment or motion bought by one opposition party, which other opposition parties are not supportive of.
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 | 26 | 91 | 12 | 90.70% | 22.22% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 57 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 86.36% | 45.61% |
| Government | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 80.95% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.33% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 92.86% | 96.15% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 3.85% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 96.15% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |