Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 43
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 56 MSPs
No: 64 MSPs
Absent: 7 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 | 120 | 56 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 93.02% | 46.67% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 120 | 56 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 93.02% | 46.67% |
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 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 76.92% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 78.95% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 20 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 98.41% | 32.26% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 73.08% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 32.26% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 67.74% |