Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 58
Amendment 121: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 95 MSPs
No: 17 MSPs
Absent: 8 MSPs
Abstain: 9 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 121 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 | 112 | 95 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 86.82% | 84.82% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 112 | 95 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 86.82% | 84.82% |
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 | 56 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 88.89% | 89.29% |
| Labour | 20 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | 82.35% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 89.29% | 76.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 10.71% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 10.71% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | 67.65% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | No | 10.71% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 10.71% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | 67.65% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 74.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 17.65% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 17.65% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 74.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 17.65% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 24.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 10.71% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 60.71% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 76.00% |
| Ash Denham | Independent | No | 10.71% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 82.35% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 89.29% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Abstain | 67.65% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |