Medical Ethics.
End-of-life care, assisted dying, and medical ethics legislation
Each row is one party. The bar shows how its MPs voted relative to a neutral midpoint — to the right = on-side with the majority position, to the left = opposed. The percentage figure is the share of that party’s MPs who took the same side: higher = more whip-disciplined, closer to 50% = a freer vote.
| Party | Stance vs neutral midpoint | Net % | Discipline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lab | -2 | 48% on-whip · 359 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | +8 | 58% on-whip · 114 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -4 | 46% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | -2 | 48% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +10 | 60% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | +7 | 57% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +14 | 64% on-whip · 5 MPs | |
| Plaid Cymru | Plaid | +19 | 69% on-whip · 4 MPs |
Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions
| Date | Motion | Aye | No | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading Aye: Support passing the assisted dying bill, allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to request assistance to end their lives under strict safeguards · No: Oppose the assisted dying bill, whether on grounds of inadequate safeguards, ethical objections, or concerns about vulnerable people being pressured | 315 | 291 | Yes |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 Aye: Support closing a potential loophole that could allow people to qualify for assisted dying by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, tightening the definition of terminal illness · No: Oppose this restriction, either because the loophole concern is overstated or because the amendment could exclude some genuinely dying patients whose condition involves reduced eating and drinking | 277 | 209 | Yes |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 Aye: Support adding a safeguard to prevent voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) from being used as a route to qualify for assisted dying under the bill · No: Oppose this restriction, preferring to keep the bill's terminal illness definition as drafted without this additional exclusion | 212 | 266 | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 Aye: Support allowing New Clause 16 to be read a second time and considered as part of the assisted dying Bill · No: Oppose New Clause 16 being read a second time, effectively blocking its consideration in the Bill | 209 | 260 | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 Aye: Support tightening the definition of terminal illness to exclude cases where someone has brought themselves to that condition by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, preventing the bill's scope from being expanded through this route. · No: Oppose this restriction, either because it is unnecessary, could harm legitimate cases, or because it might complicate care for patients who have already chosen to stop eating and drinking for other reasons. | 272 | 223 | Yes |
All 11 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on medical ethics is most closely tracking the party majority. A fuller “most active by speech volume + written questions” ranking is pending — needs per-issue speech aggregation.
LabLabour Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Kanishka Narayan | Vale of Glamorgan | 83% |
| Julia Buckley | Shrewsbury | 80% |
| Jonathan Hinder | Pendle and Clitheroe | 75% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| David Davis | Goole and Pocklington | 83% |
| Andrew Snowden | Fylde | 83% |
| Kieran Mullan | Bexhill and Battle | 75% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | 80% |
| Brian Mathew | Melksham and Devizes | 73% |
| Al Pinkerton | Surrey Heath | 73% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Sobel | Leeds Central and Headingley | 75% |
| Jim McMahon | Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton | 70% |
| Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | 67% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 71% |
| Rosie Duffield | Canterbury | 70% |
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 70% |
RefReform UK
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Anderson | Ashfield | 73% |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | 67% |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | 64% |
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Medical Ethics” → the matching service line on council finance, with the ranked-spend table this section wants) is its own taxonomy job. Council service spend lives on the council pages today; cross-cut by issue here in a follow-on pass.