Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 21
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 48 MSPs
No: 67 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 | 48 | 67 | 14 | 89.15% | 41.74% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 115 | 48 | 67 | 14 | 89.15% | 41.74% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 20 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 85.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 98.41% | 3.23% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.23% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.77% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |