Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 18
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 49 MSPs
No: 66 MSPs
Absent: 14 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 | 115 | 49 | 66 | 14 | 89.15% | 42.61% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 115 | 49 | 66 | 14 | 89.15% | 42.61% |
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 | 61 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 96.83% | 3.28% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 85.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |