Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 17
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 34 MSPs
No: 81 MSPs
Absent: 7 MSPs
Abstain: 7 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 | 115 | 34 | 81 | 7 | 7 | 89.15% | 29.57% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 115 | 34 | 81 | 7 | 7 | 89.15% | 29.57% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 85.71% | 33.33% |
| Labour | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | 76.47% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 93.65% | 16.95% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 23.53% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 73.53% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 73.53% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 66.95% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 23.53% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | 73.53% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 66.95% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 66.95% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 23.53% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 23.53% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 16.95% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 66.67% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 76.47% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 83.05% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 33.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |