Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 26
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 50 MSPs
No: 66 MSPs
Absent: 13 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 | 116 | 50 | 66 | 13 | 89.92% | 43.10% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 50 | 66 | 13 | 89.92% | 43.10% |
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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Lorna Slater | 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% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Keith Brown | 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% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |