Scottish Parliament – March 13, 2026 – 9
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 52 MSPs
No: 62 MSPs
Absent: 11 MSPs
Abstain: 4 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 | 114 | 52 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 88.37% | 45.61% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 114 | 52 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 88.37% | 45.61% |
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 | 57 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 90.48% | 29.82% |
| Labour | 20 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 90.00% | 72.22% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 70.83% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Abstain | 77.78% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 79.82% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 20.83% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 72.22% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 27.78% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 79.17% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 70.18% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | 77.78% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 29.82% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |