Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 8
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 39 MSPs
No: 78 MSPs
Absent: 7 MSPs
Abstain: 5 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 | 117 | 39 | 78 | 5 | 7 | 90.70% | 33.33% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 117 | 39 | 78 | 5 | 7 | 90.70% | 33.33% |
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 | 58 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 92.06% | 22.41% |
| Labour | 20 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 90.00% | 61.11% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 46.15% |
| 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 | 77.59% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 96.15% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 72.41% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 72.41% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | 88.89% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 88.89% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 46.15% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.41% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 53.85% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.59% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |