Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 60
Amendment 65: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 90 MSPs
No: 4 MSPs
Absent: 14 MSPs
Abstain: 21 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 65 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 | 94 | 90 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 72.87% | 95.74% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 94 | 90 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 72.87% | 95.74% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 46.43% | 84.62% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 84.13% | 98.11% |
| Labour | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 70.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.89% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.89% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 98.11% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.89% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 15.38% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 15.38% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Independent | No | 1.89% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | 65.38% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.89% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.11% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 84.62% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |