Scottish Parliament – March 10, 2026 – 4
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 50 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 6 MSPs
Abstain: 5 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 | 118 | 50 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 91.47% | 42.37% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 118 | 50 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 91.47% | 42.37% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 75.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 12 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 92.06% | 20.69% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 85.71% | 79.17% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.69% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 70.83% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.69% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.69% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.69% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |