Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 3
Amendment 95: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 101 MSPs
No: 19 MSPs
Absent: 8 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 95 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
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 | 120 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 93.02% | 84.17% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 120 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 93.02% | 84.17% |
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 | 60 | 44 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 73.33% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 66.67% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 89.29% | 92.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 8.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Independent | No | 26.67% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 8.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 73.33% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 58.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 26.67% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 92.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | No | 26.67% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 73.33% |