Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 96.83% | 3.28% |
| 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 |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |