Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 50
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 51 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 7 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 | 119 | 51 | 68 | 3 | 7 | 92.25% | 42.86% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 119 | 51 | 68 | 3 | 7 | 92.25% | 42.86% |
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% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 95.24% | 25.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 73.68% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 76.32% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 73.08% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 75.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |