Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 24
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 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Labour | 20 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 85.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |