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MPs have rejected plans to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales after a dramatic vote in the Commons.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was defeated by just 16 votes following more than four hours of passionate debate on Friday.

A total of 286 MPs voted against the legislation, while 270 backed it.

The Bill would have allowed adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death.

Those applications would have been subject to approval from two doctors and an expert panel.

Labour MP Lauren Edwards, who reintroduced the Bill after the previous legislation ran out of parliamentary time earlier this year, had warned that rejecting it could mean the issue would not return to Parliament for another decade.

The Government remained neutral on the Bill, meaning MPs were free to vote according to their consciences rather than along party lines.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham had also said he would not vote, arguing that doing so could ‘unduly influence the debate’.


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