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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| 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% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | 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% |
| 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% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Bob Doris | 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% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | 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% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 1.69% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.31% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |