Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 2
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 50 MSPs
No: 67 MSPs
Absent: 9 MSPs
Abstain: 3 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 | 117 | 50 | 67 | 3 | 9 | 90.70% | 42.74% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 117 | 50 | 67 | 3 | 9 | 90.70% | 42.74% |
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 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 92.06% | 22.41% |
| Labour | 20 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 90.00% | 72.22% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 40.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 73.08% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 76.92% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 40.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 60.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 40.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Abstain | 77.78% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | 77.78% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 60.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 60.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |