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 | +11 | 61% on-whip · 14 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: 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 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: Amendment 12 Aye: Support adding this safeguard to ensure continuity and completeness of the independent medical review process in assisted dying cases · No: Oppose this amendment, either preferring the Bill as drafted or having broader concerns about the Bill's safeguards or direction | 224 | 271 | No |
| 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: 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 |
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% |
| Steve Reed | Streatham and Croydon North | 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.