Scottish Parliament – March 10, 2026 – 12
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 41 MSPs
No: 70 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Abstain: 8 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 111 | 41 | 70 | 8 | 10 | 86.05% | 36.94% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 111 | 41 | 70 | 8 | 10 | 86.05% | 36.94% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 6 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 88.89% | 10.71% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 85.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | 25.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 33.33% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 75.00% | 76.19% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 15.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 75.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 23.81% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 10.71% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 23.81% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 10.71% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 15.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 23.81% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 10.71% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 23.81% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | 73.81% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 25.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 10.71% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | 75.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 75.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 10.71% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 10.71% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 15.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 75.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 23.81% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 73.81% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | 73.81% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 76.19% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 89.29% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |