Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2026 – 9
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 57 MSPs
No: 62 MSPs
Absent: 8 MSPs
Abstain: 2 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 | 119 | 57 | 62 | 2 | 8 | 92.25% | 47.90% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 119 | 57 | 62 | 2 | 8 | 92.25% | 47.90% |
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 | 15 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 92.06% | 25.86% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 70.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 92.31% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 75.86% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 7.69% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 7.69% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |