Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 27
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 40 MSPs
No: 76 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 | 40 | 76 | 5 | 8 | 89.92% | 34.48% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 40 | 76 | 5 | 8 | 89.92% | 34.48% |
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 | 11 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 92.06% | 18.97% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 68.42% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 89.29% | 56.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 68.97% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 31.58% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 31.58% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 94.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | 81.58% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 68.97% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 31.58% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 31.58% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 31.58% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 68.42% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 31.58% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 56.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 81.03% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 44.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 18.97% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |