Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 49
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 45 MSPs
No: 69 MSPs
Absent: 9 MSPs
Abstain: 6 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 | 114 | 45 | 69 | 6 | 9 | 88.37% | 39.47% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 114 | 45 | 69 | 6 | 9 | 88.37% | 39.47% |
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 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 89.29% | 72.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 90.48% | 22.81% |
| Labour | 20 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 90.00% | 61.11% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 28.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 20.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 88.89% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 28.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | 88.89% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 72.81% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 28.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 78.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 72.81% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 28.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 28.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 28.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 72.81% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 38.89% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 28.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 80.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 22.81% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 77.19% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 61.11% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 72.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |