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% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | 50.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sue Webber | 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% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| 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% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 1.72% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | 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% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| 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% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| 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% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | 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 |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | 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% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |