Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 57

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3

Result

❌ Motion failed.

Aye: 47 MSPs

No: 69 MSPs

Absent: 9 MSPs

Abstain: 4 MSPs

Parliamentary analysis

Part of tag: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition divided

This 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

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Whip reports

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Overall counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Neutral motion Absent motion Turnout For motion percentage
All MSPs 129 116 47 69 4 9 89.92% 40.52%

Government counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Neutral motion Absent motion Turnout For motion percentage
Opposition 129 116 47 69 4 9 89.92% 40.52%

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 59 16 43 2 2 93.65% 27.12%
Liberal Democrat 5 5 0 5 0 0 100.00% 0.00%
Labour 20 18 11 7 1 1 90.00% 61.11%
Independent 4 3 3 0 0 1 75.00% 100.00%
Reform UK 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% n/a
Conservative 28 24 17 7 1 3 85.71% 70.83%
Green 8 7 0 7 0 1 87.50% 0.00%

Voting list

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Person Party Vote Party alignment
Pam Gosal Conservative Aye 70.83%
Maggie Chapman Green No 100.00%
Ash Denham Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Maree Todd Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Martin Whitfield Labour No 38.89%
Carol Mochan Labour No 38.89%
Davy Russell Labour Aye 61.11%
Mark Griffin Labour Aye 61.11%
Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Pam Duncan-Glancy Independent Aye n/a
Elizabeth Smith Conservative Aye 70.83%
Audrey Nicoll Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Kevin Stewart Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Tess White Conservative Aye 70.83%
Stephen Kerr Conservative Aye 70.83%
Kenneth Gibson Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Christine Grahame Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Alexander Stewart Conservative No 29.17%
Sharon Dowey Conservative Aye 70.83%
Michelle Thomson Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Neil Gray Scottish National Party Abstain 77.12%
George Adam Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Collette Stevenson Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Neil Bibby Labour Aye 61.11%
Marie McNair Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Fiona Hyslop Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Liam Kerr Conservative No 29.17%
Douglas Lumsden Conservative No 29.17%
Humza Yousaf Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Ben Macpherson Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Gillian Martin Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Beatrice Wishart Liberal Democrat No 100.00%
Emma Harper Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Joe FitzPatrick Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Emma Roddick Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Annabelle Ewing Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Jamie Halcro Johnston Conservative Aye 70.83%
Mercedes Villalba Labour Absent n/a
Angus Robertson Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Alexander Burnett Conservative No 29.17%
Alison Johnstone Green Absent n/a
Ross Greer Green No 100.00%
Ariane Burgess Green No 100.00%
Liam McArthur Liberal Democrat No 100.00%
John Mason Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Shona Robison Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Craig Hoy Conservative Aye 70.83%
Pauline McNeill Labour Aye 61.11%
Annie Wells Conservative Aye 70.83%
Bill Kidd Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Elena Whitham Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Gordon MacDonald Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Clare Haughey Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Graeme Dey Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Màiri McAllan Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Oliver Mundell Conservative Aye 70.83%
Finlay Carson Conservative Aye 70.83%
Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Evelyn Tweed Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Willie Coffey Scottish National Party No 72.88%
John Swinney Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Gillian Mackay Green No 100.00%
Monica Lennon Labour No 38.89%
Daniel Johnson Labour No 38.89%
Karen Adam Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Ruth Maguire Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Sarah Boyack Labour Abstain 88.89%
Paul McLennan Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Miles Briggs Conservative No 29.17%
Rona Mackay Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Alex Rowley Labour No 38.89%
Mairi Gougeon Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Patrick Harvie Green No 100.00%
Anas Sarwar Labour Aye 61.11%
Alasdair Allan Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Michael Marra Labour Aye 61.11%
David Torrance Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Baroness Clark Labour No 38.89%
Murdo Fraser Conservative Aye 70.83%
Ivan McKee Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Michael Matheson Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Alex Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrat No 100.00%
Jamie Greene Liberal Democrat No 100.00%
Claire Baker Labour Aye 61.11%
Bob Doris Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Brian Whittle Conservative Aye 70.83%
Jeremy Balfour Independent Aye n/a
Meghan Gallacher Conservative Aye 70.83%
Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Natalie Don Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Stephanie Callaghan Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Colin Smyth Independent Absent n/a
Graham Simpson Reform UK Absent n/a
Willie Rennie Liberal Democrat No 100.00%
Rhoda Grant Labour Aye 61.11%
Paul Sweeney Labour Aye 61.11%
Sue Webber Conservative Aye 70.83%
Angela Constance Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Clare Adamson Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Siobhian Brown Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Jackson Carlaw Conservative No 29.17%
Richard Lochhead Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Paul O'Kane Labour Aye 61.11%
Mark Ruskell Green No 100.00%
Jenni Minto Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Shirley-Anne Somerville Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Russell Findlay Conservative Aye 70.83%
Rachael Hamilton Conservative No 29.17%
Edward Mountain Conservative Abstain 79.17%
Foysol Choudhury Independent Aye n/a
Jackie Dunbar Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Colin Beattie Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Roz McCall Conservative Aye 70.83%
Douglas Ross Conservative Aye 70.83%
Richard Leonard Labour Aye 61.11%
Tom Arthur Scottish National Party Abstain 77.12%
Jackie Baillie Labour No 38.89%
Kate Forbes Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Lorna Slater Green No 100.00%
Maurice Golden Conservative Absent n/a
Keith Brown Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Kaukab Stewart Scottish National Party No 72.88%
James Dornan Scottish National Party No 72.88%
Jim Fairlie Scottish National Party Aye 27.12%
Tim Eagle Conservative Absent n/a
Sandesh Gulhane Conservative Absent n/a