The assisted dying invoice handed its third studying within the Commons with a majority of 23 and can now be handed to the Home of Lords.
There have been 314 votes in favour and 291 in opposition to.
In November, the invoice handed its second studying by a majority of 55, greater than twice as giant as immediately. It then went to “committee stage”, throughout which the wording and implications had been examined intimately, and tweaked with enter from consultants, stakeholders and the general public.
Politics newest: Invoice legalising assisted dying handed within the Commons
That amended invoice will now be handed on to the Home of Lords, the place it’s going to undergo an identical course of earlier than being both handed again to the Commons with additional amendments, or despatched to the King for Royal Assent.
Solely after each homes agree on the precise wording of the invoice does it change into regulation.
Who modified their vote since November?
A complete of 56 MPs voted a special approach immediately, in comparison with how they did in November. There have been 11 who modified to sure, whereas 24 modified to no. There have been additionally 21 MPs who voted final time who selected to abstain immediately.
Amongst those that selected to alter their vote had been overseas secretary David Lammy and tradition secretary Lisa Nandy. Mr Lammy had voted in opposition to the invoice in November, whereas Ms Nandy voted in favour. Each selected to not vote immediately.
Just one MP, Labour’s Jack Abbott, voted in favour immediately after voting in opposition to on the second studying.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has voted in favour of the invoice on each events, as has Chancellor Rachel Reeves and former prime minister Rishi Sunak.
The well being secretary, Wes Streeting, who may have a vital function in implementing the laws if it turns into regulation, has voted in opposition to the invoice each instances, as has Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, and opposition occasion leaders Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.
Lib Dem chief Ed Davey voted in opposition to the second studying, however selected to not vote immediately.
The SNP once more selected to not vote, because the invoice is not going to apply to Scotland, however a majority of MSPs within the devolved Scottish parliament voted by way of comparable proposals in its first stage final month.
They had been amongst 43 MPs in complete who didn’t vote this time, together with the Speaker and his Deputies. That’s barely decrease than the 46 MPs who abstained throughout the second studying vote in November.
General, a transparent majority of Labour MPs supported the invoice, whereas most Conservatives voted in opposition to it.
What do the general public suppose?
Pollsters YouGov requested folks in the event that they had been in favour of assisted dying or in opposition to, earlier than November’s second studying and once more final month.
On each events, a majority stated they authorized of the coverage changing into authorized, each in precept and in follow.
