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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| 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% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| 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% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | 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% |
| Jim Fairlie | 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% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | 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% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| 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% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | 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% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | 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% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |