Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 55
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 49 MSPs
No: 66 MSPs
Absent: 9 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 | 115 | 49 | 66 | 5 | 9 | 89.15% | 42.61% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 115 | 49 | 66 | 5 | 9 | 89.15% | 42.61% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 78.95% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 12 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 88.89% | 21.43% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 76.92% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 71.43% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 71.43% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 71.43% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 73.08% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 23.08% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 21.43% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 76.92% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 78.57% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |