Which MPs and peers raise assisted dying most in Parliament?

Danny Kruger, Naz Shah, Kim Leadbeater lead the ranking of MPs and peers on assisted dying, based on every Hansard contribution since 9 July 2024.

How is the assisted dying ranking calculated?

Vital Signs ranks MPs and members of the House of Lords by a weighted score of their Hansard contributions on Assisted dying — speeches, written questions and committee work — over the course of this Parliament (since 9 July 2024). Ministerial statements and debate speeches carry more weight than written answers; every contribution counts at full weight however early in the Parliament it was made. Contributions are matched to this topic on whole-word keyword matching, so "send" is never mistaken for SEND and "career" is never mistaken for care. Ministers and shadow ministers are labelled, because answering on a brief is their job rather than a choice to raise it; their scores are shown as-is, not adjusted.

Assisted dying: which MPs and peers raise it most

Since the start of this Parliament, 334 MPs and peers have raised Assisted dying in Hansard debates, written questions and committee work. Debate has cooled recently: mentions over the last two months are down 96% on the two months before.

The debate has been led most vocally by Danny Kruger (Reform UK, East Wiltshire), whose score of 432.0 is 1.3× that of the next most active contributor, Naz Shah.

By party, Labour leads with 49% of weighted activity, followed by Conservative (21%) and Reform UK (9%). The House of Commons accounts for 72% of all weighted activity on Assisted dying.

Most cited doctors & academics

UK clinicians and academics most frequently quoted as expert sources in press coverage of assisted dying.

Neil Romano
1 citation
acting chairman for the National Council of Disability
“The most important aspect of this is always the dignity of the human being, and quite frankly, the dignity of life. I think that we should be looking at issues like this more from the point of view of how we help these people want to live. Then, how do we make it medically effective for them to die?”
Bipartisan group of lawmakers raise concerns about medically assisted suicide
Ben White
1 citation
Professor of end-of-life law and regulation with Queensland University of Technology
“This is not about whether voluntary assisted dying should be allowed or not. The question is, how much suffering are we willing to inflict on people in order to access it?”
Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults. Why, and could that change?
Dr Danielle McMullen
1 citation
AMA president
“Telehealth should operate for VAD as a valuable complement to in-person care, and not a replacement for clinically necessary physical attendances.”
Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults. Why, and could that change?
Archbishop John Wilson
1 citation
Archbishop of Southwark
“It is a question about the kind of society in which we wish to live. The choice is stark. Do we want to value each person's life, especially when they become vulnerable through serious illness or disability? Or do we want to create a culture where killing is a better option than caring?”
Archbishop Wilson: Assisted suicide Bill would create a culture of killing
Bishop John Keenan
1 citation
Bishop of Paisley, responsible for Marriage, Family and Life for the Bishops' Conference of Scotland
“We have a duty to ensure that every person approaching the end of life has access to the compassionate palliative and social care they deserve.”
Archbishop Wilson: Assisted suicide Bill would create a culture of killing
Archbishop Anthony Fisher
1 citation
Archbishop of Sydney
“He told Vatican News the concept – which is opposed by Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – removed crucial safeguards in discerning the needs of individual patients.”
Sydney archbishop warns of ‘tele-death’ under new assisted dying law
Professor David Albert Jones
1 citation
expert in medical ethics and human rights law
“The analysis, produced by Professor David Albert Jones, an expert in medical ethics and human rights law, highlights that the Bill goes further than simply lacking protections.”
Assisted Dying Bill could force care homes and hospices to participate in assisted suicide or close
Dr Gordon Macdonald
1 citation
CEO of Care Not Killing
“This report demonstrates yet again that the current Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is an unsafe piece of legislation. It fails to protect the vulnerable, and as Professor Jones highlights, fails to protect medics or institutions that are philosophically or ethically opposed to killing their patients or those they care for via assisted suicide or euthanasia.”
Assisted Dying Bill could force care homes and hospices to participate in assisted suicide or close

Vital Signs — Assisted dying

Vital Signs — Assisted dying

Mentions since the start of this Parliament

How the ranking works

Debate analysis

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Most cited doctors & academics