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 |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| George Adam | 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% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |