Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 8
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 53 MSPs
No: 63 MSPs
Absent: 10 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 | 116 | 53 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 89.92% | 45.69% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 53 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 89.92% | 45.69% |
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% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 17 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 93.65% | 28.81% |
| Labour | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 95.00% | 78.95% |
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 85.71% | 79.17% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 78.81% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 70.83% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |