Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 46
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 46 MSPs
No: 72 MSPs
Absent: 7 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 | 118 | 46 | 72 | 4 | 7 | 91.47% | 38.98% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 118 | 46 | 72 | 4 | 7 | 91.47% | 38.98% |
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 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 89.29% | 64.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 92.06% | 20.69% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 75.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.69% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | 86.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.69% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 86.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |