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% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 92.86% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | 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% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mercedes Villalba | 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% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| 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% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | 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% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |