Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 31
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 58 MSPs
No: 65 MSPs
Absent: 5 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
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 | 123 | 58 | 65 | 1 | 5 | 95.35% | 47.15% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 123 | 58 | 65 | 1 | 5 | 95.35% | 47.15% |
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 | 60 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 31.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 96.43% | 74.07% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 25.93% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 25.93% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 25.93% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 25.93% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 25.93% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 25.93% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 25.93% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 75.93% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 74.07% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 31.67% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 68.33% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |