Scottish Parliament – Nov. 27, 2025 – 14
Amendment 1: Non-Domestic Rates (Liability for Unoccupied Properties) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 47 MSPs
No: 63 MSPs
Absent: 19 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Non-Domestic Rates (Liability for Unoccupied Properties) (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 1 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 | 110 | 47 | 63 | 19 | 85.27% | 42.73% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 81.82% | 87.04% |
| Government | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 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 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 76.19% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | 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% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |