Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 49
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 45 MSPs
No: 66 MSPs
Absent: 9 MSPs
Abstain: 9 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 | 111 | 45 | 66 | 9 | 9 | 86.05% | 40.54% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 111 | 45 | 66 | 9 | 9 | 86.05% | 40.54% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 87.30% | 29.09% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 65.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 78.57% | 63.64% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 79.09% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 35.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 79.09% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 79.09% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 79.09% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 35.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 35.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 35.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | 86.36% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 86.36% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 36.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 79.09% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 35.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 35.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 63.64% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 86.36% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 65.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 35.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 70.91% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.09% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |