Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 48
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 50 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
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 | 50 | 68 | 1 | 10 | 91.47% | 42.37% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 118 | 50 | 68 | 1 | 10 | 91.47% | 42.37% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 16 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 26.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 70.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 85.71% | 70.83% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 29.17% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 29.17% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 29.17% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 29.17% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 79.17% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 29.17% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 70.83% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 29.17% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 30.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 29.17% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 73.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 26.67% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 70.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |