Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 68
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 50 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 8 MSPs
Abstain: 3 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 | 3 | 8 | 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 | 3 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 93.65% | 27.12% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 78.95% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 65.38% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 77.12% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 84.62% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 65.38% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 27.12% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 34.62% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 72.88% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 34.62% |