How did YOUR MP vote on the assisted dying bill?

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy ISABELLA MACHIN, REPORTER Published: 18:01 BST, 11 September 2026 | Updated: 18:41 BST, 11 September 2026

A new bid to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales was rejected by MPs in the House of Commons today. Speeches both in favour of and against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill were heard during the debate that lasted more than four hours. MPs voted by 286 to 270, a majority of 16, to reject the controversial Bill at its Second Reading. The announcement was met with cheers and shouts of 'good' in the chamber, as jubilant MPs hugged colleagues and thrust their fists into the air. The Bill had aimed to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death.It had been reintroduced by Labour MP Lauren Edwards despite its failure in the last parliamentary session when – although it passed two votes in the Commons – it fell in the Lords.The Bill was rejected after a number of MPs abandoned their previous support for the legislation to vote against it this time around. Find out how your MP voted using our search tool below.

MPs voted by 286 to 270, a majority of 16, to reject the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its Second Reading Those who rejected the Bill included Labour former minister Janet Daby, who revealed she had 'nightmares about dying and death' after she voted in favour of the Bill last year.'I had to wrestle with myself, knowing that I was not entirely comfortable with the decision I had made, and my conscience was not at peace, and I cannot again, in good conscience, vote for the Bill,' she told the Commons today.Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage did not vote, while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey both voted against the Bill.Campaigners welcomed the fall of the Bill and claimed the Commons defeat meant the issue of assisted dying had been settled 'for a generation'.Ms Edwards had reintroduced the Bill to the Commons after taking over from its previous sponsor, Kim Leadbeater.During today's debate, she urged her fellow MPs to send the near-identical Bill back to the Lords 'so that they can finish what they started' in scrutinising the legislation.But critics argued the 'flawed' Bill is 'unsafe' and told the Commons not to return it to the Lords unamended.Opposition to the Bill had been voiced by the leader of Catholics in England and Wales, Archbishop Richard Moth, who called it 'wrong in principle' and 'deeply flawed' as well as the Church of England's Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally.Medical colleges, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych), had also raised 'serious concerns' about the Bill, saying there were 'too many unanswered questions about the safeguarding of people with mental illness'.Mrs Badenoch warned against trying to 'ram' through the 'badly drafted' legislation.READ MORE: The end of the rush towards assisted dying? MPs vote down controversial law change at the second attempt after emotional Commons debate