Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 52
Amendment 118: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 104 MSPs
No: 16 MSPs
Absent: 7 MSPs
Abstain: 2 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 118 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 | 120 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 93.02% | 86.67% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 120 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 93.02% | 86.67% |
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 | 61 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 96.83% | 78.69% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 71.43% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 95.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 71.43% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 71.43% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 71.31% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Aye | 78.69% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 5.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 78.69% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 28.57% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 71.43% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 71.43% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 28.57% |
| Ash Denham | Independent | Aye | 78.69% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 71.43% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 21.31% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 78.69% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 95.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |