Assisted dying bill: How your MP voted in debate over terminally ill being allowed to end their lives

Assisted dying for terminally ill adults is one step closer to being legalised in England and Wales after a historic vote.

MPs voted 330 to 275, majority 55, to approve Spen Valley Labour MP Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at today’s (November 29) second reading. The proposed change in legislation would give eligible adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live the choice to have an assisted death, subject to the approval of two doctors and a High Court judge.

Find out how your MP voted by using our interactive tool

Today’s five hour long debate in the Commons heard heartbreaking stories of terminally ill people who have suffered horrific deaths, with Ms Leadbeater telling of how one of her constituents “basically starved to death” after battling pancreatic cancer.

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Now it has passed this first stage in the Commons, the Bill will go to committee stage where MPs can table amendments, before facing further scrutiny and votes in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Any change in the law would not be agreed until next year at the earliest.

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