The result means it is the first parliament in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying.

Under the Assisted Dying Bill 2023, adults with a prognosis of 12 months or less to live will have the right to choose to die. It only applies to people over 18 who have lived on the island for at least five years.

Members of the Legislative Council agreed to the changes made by the House of Keys at a sitting earlier. The bill was brought forward in a private member’s bill by Ramsey MHK Alex Allinson.

Dr Allinson, who is also a GP, said he was “hopeful” the bill would become law later this year and that there would be an assisted dying service in place by 2027.

He said he had “met many patients who have wanted this option” and that people on the Isle of Man had been trying to “provide dignity and autonomy for those who are facing an imminent death” for two decades.

Chief executive of Dignity in Dying Sarah Wootton said it was “a historic moment for compassion in the Isle of Man and for the whole of the British Isles”.