Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 66

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3

Result

✅ Motion passed.

Aye: 66 MSPs

No: 44 MSPs

Absent: 14 MSPs

Abstain: 5 MSPs

Parliamentary analysis

Part of tag: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition divided

This vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).

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Overall counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Neutral motion Absent motion Turnout For motion percentage
All MSPs 129 110 66 44 5 14 85.27% 60.00%

Government counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Neutral motion Absent motion Turnout For motion percentage
Opposition 129 110 66 44 5 14 85.27% 60.00%

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 22 9 13 2 4 78.57% 40.91%
Green 8 7 7 0 0 1 87.50% 100.00%
Scottish National Party 63 55 36 19 3 5 87.30% 65.45%
Labour 20 19 9 10 0 1 95.00% 47.37%
Liberal Democrat 5 5 4 1 0 0 100.00% 80.00%
Independent 4 2 1 1 0 2 50.00% 50.00%
Reform UK 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% n/a

Voting list

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Person Party Vote Party alignment
Liam Kerr Conservative Aye 40.91%
Fiona Hyslop Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Richard Leonard Labour No 52.63%
Kenneth Gibson Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Annabelle Ewing Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Michelle Thomson Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Kaukab Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Monica Lennon Labour Aye 47.37%
Gillian Mackay Green Aye 100.00%
Mark Ruskell Green Aye 100.00%
Pam Gosal Conservative No 59.09%
Tim Eagle Conservative No 59.09%
Kate Forbes Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Ben Macpherson Scottish National Party Abstain 84.55%
Joe FitzPatrick Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Natalie Don Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Liam McArthur Liberal Democrat Aye 80.00%
Carol Mochan Labour Aye 47.37%
Davy Russell Labour No 52.63%
Martin Whitfield Labour Aye 47.37%
Maree Todd Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Collette Stevenson Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Alex Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrat Aye 80.00%
Clare Haughey Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Craig Hoy Conservative No 59.09%
Jenni Minto Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Annie Wells Conservative No 59.09%
Elena Whitham Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Clare Adamson Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Pauline McNeill Labour Absent n/a
Roz McCall Conservative Absent n/a
Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Bob Doris Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Claire Baker Labour No 52.63%
Ruth Maguire Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Stephen Kerr Conservative No 59.09%
James Dornan Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Maurice Golden Conservative Aye 40.91%
Evelyn Tweed Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Ross Greer Green Aye 100.00%
Emma Roddick Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Shona Robison Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Jackson Carlaw Conservative Aye 40.91%
John Mason Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Pam Duncan-Glancy Independent No n/a
Mark Griffin Labour No 52.63%
Neil Bibby Labour No 52.63%
Marie McNair Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Ivan McKee Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
George Adam Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
John Swinney Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Bill Kidd Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Graham Simpson Reform UK Absent n/a
Finlay Carson Conservative Abstain 90.91%
Oliver Mundell Conservative No 59.09%
Douglas Ross Conservative No 59.09%
Jamie Greene Liberal Democrat No 20.00%
Sharon Dowey Conservative Aye 40.91%
Alexander Stewart Conservative Aye 40.91%
Karen Adam Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Emma Harper Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Lorna Slater Green Aye 100.00%
Willie Coffey Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Keith Brown Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Daniel Johnson Labour Aye 47.37%
Gillian Martin Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Beatrice Wishart Liberal Democrat Aye 80.00%
Mercedes Villalba Labour Aye 47.37%
Alex Rowley Labour No 52.63%
Sue Webber Conservative No 59.09%
Elizabeth Smith Conservative No 59.09%
Paul O'Kane Labour Aye 47.37%
Patrick Harvie Green Aye 100.00%
Anas Sarwar Labour No 52.63%
Mairi Gougeon Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Maggie Chapman Green Aye 100.00%
Rhoda Grant Labour No 52.63%
Ariane Burgess Green Aye 100.00%
Alexander Burnett Conservative Aye 40.91%
Miles Briggs Conservative Aye 40.91%
Gordon MacDonald Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Foysol Choudhury Independent Aye n/a
Sandesh Gulhane Conservative Aye 40.91%
Edward Mountain Conservative Abstain 90.91%
Michael Marra Labour No 52.63%
Kevin Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
David Torrance Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Alasdair Allan Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Angela Constance Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Ash Denham Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Rachael Hamilton Conservative Absent n/a
Alison Johnstone Green Absent n/a
Jeremy Balfour Independent Absent n/a
Douglas Lumsden Conservative Absent n/a
Jamie Halcro Johnston Conservative Absent n/a
Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Brian Whittle Conservative Aye 40.91%
Humza Yousaf Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Colin Beattie Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Graeme Dey Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Jackie Dunbar Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Màiri McAllan Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Neil Gray Scottish National Party Abstain 84.55%
Christine Grahame Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Jim Fairlie Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Meghan Gallacher Conservative No 59.09%
Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Tom Arthur Scottish National Party Abstain 84.55%
Jackie Baillie Labour Aye 47.37%
Stephanie Callaghan Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Richard Lochhead Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Rona Mackay Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Audrey Nicoll Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Willie Rennie Liberal Democrat Aye 80.00%
Paul McLennan Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Sarah Boyack Labour No 52.63%
Paul Sweeney Labour Aye 47.37%
Angus Robertson Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Shirley-Anne Somerville Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Tess White Conservative No 59.09%
Murdo Fraser Conservative No 59.09%
Baroness Clark Labour Aye 47.37%
Russell Findlay Conservative No 59.09%
Michael Matheson Scottish National Party No 34.55%
Siobhian Brown Scottish National Party Aye 65.45%
Colin Smyth Independent Absent n/a