Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 40
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 54 MSPs
No: 67 MSPs
Absent: 5 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 | 121 | 54 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 93.80% | 44.63% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 121 | 54 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 93.80% | 44.63% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 96.43% | 70.37% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 16 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 93.65% | 27.12% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 85.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 79.63% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 77.12% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 15.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 29.63% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 15.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 15.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 85.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 70.37% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 77.12% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |