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 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

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

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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