How did Doncaster's MPs vote on assisted dying bill?
The bill was defeated in the commons with 270 voting for and 286 against
MPs have voted against a fresh move to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales - so how did Doncaster MPs vote on the controversial bill?
The bill was defeated with 270 MPs voting for and 286 voting against.
Assisted dying campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen says called it a "tragic day" but campaign group Assist Us To Live described the result as a "victory" for disabled and terminally ill people
It was the second attempt to change the law - last year an identical bill was supported by MPs, but stalled and ran out of time in the House of Lords.
The bill would have allowed adults with fewer than six months to live to apply to be given help to end their own life, subject to certain safeguards.
Three of Doncaster four MPs voted - with two in favour and one against - while one didn’t vote.
Doncaster Central Labour MP Sally Jameson, who had already indicated she was voting against was the only one of the region’s MPs to do so.
Ed Miliband (Labour, Doncaster North) and Lee Pitcher (Labour, Doncaster East and Isle of Axholme) both voted in favour.
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP and Chancellor John Healey didn’t vote.
In a statement, MsJameson , who also didn’t back the bill last time round, said: “I recognise this is an issue with strongly held ethical and moral positions on both sides of the debate.
“Upon the reintroduction of this bill and after careful consideration, I have made the decision to once again not support it.”