Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 40
Amendment 286: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 105 MSPs
No: 12 MSPs
Absent: 7 MSPs
Abstain: 5 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 286 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
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 | 117 | 105 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 90.70% | 89.74% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 117 | 105 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 90.70% | 89.74% |
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 | 58 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 92.06% | 81.03% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 80.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 20.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 68.97% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Ash Denham | Independent | Aye | 81.03% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 68.97% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 68.97% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Aye | 81.03% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 81.03% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 18.97% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 81.03% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |