Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77

The House of Commons voted by 275 to 209 to pass Amendment 77 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 20 June 2025. The amendment, which passed with a majority of 66, moved the bill in a more permissive direction on assisted dying, reducing or removing certain restrictions that had been proposed during the bill's passage. The vote took place on the same day as several other closely contested divisions on the bill, as MPs worked through a series of amendments before the bill proceeded to its Third Reading later that day. Amendment 77 shapes the practical conditions under which terminally ill adults could access assisted dying if the bill becomes law. By passing a more permissive version of the legislation, the amendment affects the safeguards, eligibility criteria, or procedural requirements that patients, doctors, and other healthcare professionals would need to navigate. The outcome directly influences who may qualify for an assisted death and under what circumstances, with implications for patients with terminal diagnoses, their families, and the medical professionals who would be involved in the process across England and Wales. This was a free vote, meaning MPs voted according to personal conscience rather than party instruction, and the divisions cut across party lines in ways rarely seen on government legislation. Labour MPs split 184 in favour and 104 against, while Conservatives divided 14 in favour and 66 against. The Liberal Democrats were notably more unified in support, with 53 voting aye and 11 against. The Green Party voted unanimously in favour across their four members present. The Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Unionist Party voted entirely against. The vote was one of several that day shaping the final form of the bill, which went on to pass its Third Reading by 314 to 291, a notably wider margin, suggesting Amendment 77 helped build momentum toward final approval.