Vote · 11 Mar 2026

Business Programme

Business

Bureau Motion Motion S6M-21077 Lodged by Graeme Dey SNP

Carried by 82

101 For 19 Against 3 Abstained 6 Did not vote

That the Parliament agrees— (a) the following programme of business—Friday 13 March 20269.30 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions9.30 am Stage 3 Proceedings: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Billfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.00 pm Decision Time (b) that, for the purposes of consideration of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland…

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That the Parliament agrees— (a) the following programme of business—Friday 13 March 20269.30 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions9.30 am Stage 3 Proceedings: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Billfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.00 pm Decision Time (b) that, for the purposes of consideration of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, on 13 March 2026, Rule 2.2.3 of Standing Orders be varied to replace "09:30 and 12:30” with "from 09:30”.

How the parties split

17 MSPs voted against their party

Party	For	Against	Abst.	Absent	Majority
SNP	56	1	1	2	✓ For split
Con	22	4	1	1	✓ For split
Lab	10	10	0	0	✗ Against split
Green	7	0	0	0	✓ For united
LD	5	0	0	0	✓ For united
Reform	0	1	0	0	✗ Against
Ind	1	3	1	2	n/a
NPA	0	0	0	1	n/a

Party is the MSP's party on the day of the vote. Majority is how most of the party's voting MSPs voted.

Every MSP

129 MSPs

For (101)

SNP 56

Con 22

Lab 10

Green 7

LD 5

Ind 1

John Mason

Against (19)

SNP 1

Bill Kidd

Con 4

Lab 10

Reform 1

Graham Simpson

Ind 3

Abstained (3)

SNP 1

Stephanie Callaghan

Con 1

Miles Briggs

Ind 1

Pam Duncan-Glancy

Did not vote (6)

SNP 2

Con 1

Liz Smith

Ind 2

NPA 1

Alison Johnstone

Against their party

17 MSPs

SNP majority for

Bill Kidd ✗ Against
Stephanie Callaghan – Abstained

Con majority for

Miles Briggs – Abstained
Annie Wells ✗ Against
Jamie Halcro Johnston ✗ Against
Rachael Hamilton ✗ Against
Oliver Mundell ✗ Against

Lab majority against

Sarah Boyack ✓ For
Katy Clark ✓ For
Anas Sarwar ✓ For
Carol Mochan ✓ For
Paul Sweeney ✓ For
Richard Leonard ✓ For
Martin Whitfield ✓ For
Claire Baker ✓ For
Alex Rowley ✓ For
Rhoda Grant ✓ For

Context

The motion, its supporters and amendments
Watch on Scottish Parliament TV (that day's meetings)
All votes on 11 Mar 2026 (6)

Other votes that day (5)

Business Programme S6M-21035.1
Defeated 31–89
Approval of SSI S6M-21036
Carried 110–7
Approval of SSI S6M-21037
Carried 93–27
Approval of SSI S6M-21038
Carried 112–2
Approval of SSI S6M-21039
Carried 110–8

How this is worked out

Vote type, bill stage, free votes and key votes are worked out by this site from titles, dates and how each party split. They are not the Parliament’s own classification.

Kind and stage come from the motion title and reference (".1" references are amendments) and, for bills, the bill’s stage dates.
Bill links are shown only when the title matches a bill’s name and the vote falls within that bill’s passage.
Free vote means two or more parties each split by 15% or more, with ten or more MSPs off their party line. Parties rarely announce free votes in the data, so this is a likely sign, not a record.
Key vote means a bill’s Stage 1 or final vote, a budget vote, a likely free vote, or a result decided by three votes or fewer.
Against party line counts MSPs whose vote differed from the majority of their own party (independents excluded).