Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 2
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 39 MSPs
No: 75 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Abstain: 5 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 | 114 | 39 | 75 | 5 | 10 | 88.37% | 34.21% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 114 | 39 | 75 | 5 | 10 | 88.37% | 34.21% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 92.06% | 17.24% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 55.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 78.57% | 72.73% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 67.24% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 27.27% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 27.27% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 27.27% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 67.24% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 77.27% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 27.27% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 77.27% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Abstain | 77.27% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 27.27% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 27.27% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 45.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 55.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 72.73% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 17.24% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 82.76% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |