Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 32
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 44 MSPs
No: 76 MSPs
Absent: 5 MSPs
Abstain: 4 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 | 120 | 44 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 93.02% | 36.67% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 120 | 44 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 93.02% | 36.67% |
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 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 70.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 92.06% | 15.52% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 65.38% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 65.52% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 65.52% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 65.52% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 84.62% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 84.48% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 15.52% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Absent | n/a |