Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 17
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 49 MSPs
No: 67 MSPs
Absent: 13 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 | 116 | 49 | 67 | 13 | 89.92% | 42.24% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 49 | 67 | 13 | 89.92% | 42.24% |
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 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 85.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 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 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 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% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |