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% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| 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% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| 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% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Keith Brown | 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% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 75.86% |
| Jenny Gilruth | 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% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 7.69% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 74.14% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| 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 |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.86% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 92.31% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |