Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 27
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 57 MSPs
No: 61 MSPs
Absent: 9 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 | 118 | 57 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 91.47% | 48.31% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 118 | 57 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 91.47% | 48.31% |
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 | 61 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 96.83% | 32.79% |
| Labour | 20 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 90.00% | 83.33% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 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 |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 89.29% | 76.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 16.67% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 16.67% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 74.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 16.67% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 83.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.79% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 66.67% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 67.21% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |