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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 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% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| 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% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| 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 |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | 86.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.69% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| 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 |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| 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% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 25.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| 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 |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| 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% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 79.31% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 75.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 64.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 86.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 20.69% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 36.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |