Scottish Parliament – Jan. 28, 2026 – 54
Approval of SSI
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 110 MSPs
No: 8 MSPs
Absent: 11 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
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: Other(?)
S6M-20575: That the Parliament agrees that the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Investment Zones Relief) (Scotland) Order 2026 [draft] be approved.
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 | 118 | 110 | 8 | 11 | 91.47% | 93.22% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 118 | 110 | 8 | 11 | 91.47% | 93.22% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 93.65% | 98.31% |
| Labour | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Aye | 98.31% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| John Mason | Independent | No | 1.69% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |