Scottish Parliament – March 10, 2026 – 8
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 37 MSPs
No: 79 MSPs
Absent: 8 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 | 116 | 37 | 79 | 5 | 8 | 89.92% | 31.90% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 37 | 79 | 5 | 8 | 89.92% | 31.90% |
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 | 58 | 8 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 92.06% | 13.79% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | 25.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 55.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 66.67% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 85.71% | 62.50% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | 75.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 75.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 63.79% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 75.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 63.79% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 25.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 63.79% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 87.50% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 75.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 37.50% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 62.50% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 13.79% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 86.21% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |