We just wanted to update you to let you know that, unfortunately, MPs have just voted by 314 votes to 291 in support of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill.
This is a reduced majority of 23, down from the 55-vote majority the Bill had at Second Reading.
The Bill passing Third Reading means that it now proceeds on to the House of Lords.
Although the Bill passed the Commons today, momentum remains with its opponents, with support consistently falling every time MPs have considered it. The Bill leaves the Commons lacking a majority, with fewer than half of all MPs voting for it at its final stage.
The Bill still faces an uphill battle to reach Royal Assent. We will be fighting it at every stage in the House of Lords.
A large number of MPs from across the political spectrum came together to give powerful speeches against the Bill during the debate today. They made it clear that this dangerous and extreme change to our laws would put the vulnerable at risk and see the ending of many lives through assisted suicide.
I want to thank you for your untiring support during this campaign. Thank you for sending countless emails to your MPs over what has been a very long campaign. Thank you for sharing with your friends and family. Thank you for collecting names on your local petitions. Thank you for attending MP surgeries and local events.
Thank you to our supporters who have given so generously to enable us to have the resources in place to run a large campaign and work together with a large number of people and organisations from across right around the country to fight this Bill and reduce the majority.
The fight now goes to the Lords. I will be in contact soon to update you as soon as we know when Second Reading in the House of Lords is scheduled.
In the meantime, thank you once again for all you have done.