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% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Kate Forbes | 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% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Collette Stevenson | 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% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| 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% |
| Evelyn Tweed | 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% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |