Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 50
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 34 MSPs
No: 76 MSPs
Absent: 11 MSPs
Abstain: 8 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 | 110 | 34 | 76 | 8 | 11 | 85.27% | 30.91% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 110 | 34 | 76 | 8 | 11 | 85.27% | 30.91% |
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 | 52 | 3 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 82.54% | 5.77% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 78.95% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 89.29% | 60.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 5.77% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 90.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 55.77% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 55.77% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 5.77% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 55.77% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 55.77% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 55.77% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 5.77% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 55.77% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 60.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 40.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 94.23% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |