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