Assisted Dying

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on whether it should be legal to assist terminally ill people who have decided they want to end their life.

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Analysis for Baroness Hayman

Baroness Hayman voted against (0% aligned) allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life.

Comparable Labour MPs voted a mixture of for and against (45% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP's vote was aligned with the policy.

  • annotation: links to public statements or explanations for the vote, if available.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading 2015-09-11 no 56% agree not aligned