Why the ‘individual conscience vote’ of MPs had its own assisted death last week
- Posted on June 21, 2025
- By The Independent
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Why the ‘individual conscience vote’ of MPs had its own assisted death last week

Votes on abortion and assisted death suggest the UK is on the cusp of a major shift - issues once determined by MPs’ individual conscience are becoming American-style party political matters, political editor David Maddox writes