Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 38
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
🤝 Motion tied (Speaker/Convener breaks tie).
Aye: 60 MSPs
No: 60 MSPs
Absent: 6 MSPs
Abstain: 3 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 | 120 | 60 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 93.02% | 50.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 120 | 60 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 93.02% | 50.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 73.08% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 98.41% | 37.10% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 84.21% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 15.79% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 15.79% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 65.79% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 76.92% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 15.79% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 26.92% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 37.10% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 73.08% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 84.21% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 62.90% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |