Scottish Parliament – March 17, 2026 – 28
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fulton MacGregor | 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% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Angela Constance | 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% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.28% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| 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% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.72% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |