Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 13
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 41 MSPs
No: 75 MSPs
Absent: 7 MSPs
Abstain: 6 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 | 116 | 41 | 75 | 6 | 7 | 89.92% | 35.34% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 41 | 75 | 6 | 7 | 89.92% | 35.34% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 82.14% | 39.13% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 13 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 95.24% | 21.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 90.00% | 83.33% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 89.13% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 66.67% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 71.67% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 16.67% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 16.67% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 16.67% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | 89.13% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 71.67% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 39.13% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 89.13% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 60.87% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.67% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.33% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |