Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 16
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 47 MSPs
No: 67 MSPs
Absent: 15 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is voting against a motion, and opposition MPs/parties are divided in their support.
This can reflect an amendment or motion bought by one opposition party, which other opposition parties are not supportive of.
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 | 114 | 47 | 67 | 15 | 88.37% | 41.23% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 114 | 47 | 67 | 15 | 88.37% | 41.23% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 98.41% | 3.23% |
| Labour | 20 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |