Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 27
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% |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |