Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 53
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 50 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 6 MSPs
Abstain: 5 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 | 118 | 50 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 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 | 5 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 89.29% | 76.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 15 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 95.24% | 25.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 73.68% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 74.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 75.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 76.32% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 73.68% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 26.32% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 75.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 74.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 25.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 75.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |