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