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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 80.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | 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% |
| Keith Brown | 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% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |