Scottish Parliament – Jan. 8, 2026 – 1
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 65 MSPs
No: 54 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-20285: That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill.
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 | 119 | 65 | 54 | 10 | 92.25% | 54.62% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 119 | 65 | 54 | 10 | 92.25% | 54.62% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 92.06% | 98.28% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | 50.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 92.86% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 1.72% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |