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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 85.71% | 79.17% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Ruth Maguire | 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% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Natalie Don | 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% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| 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% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| 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% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 78.81% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 21.05% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Jackie Dunbar | 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% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| 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% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 70.83% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 78.95% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Jenni Minto | 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% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 28.81% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 71.19% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |