Scottish Parliament – Oct. 1, 2025 – 1
Mobile Phones in Schools (Amendment 2)
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 85 MSPs
No: 26 MSPs
Absent: 18 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S6M-19123.2: As an amendment to motion S6M-19123 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Mobile Phones in Schools), insert at end “, and acknowledges that the Scottish Government’s Guidance on Mobile Phones in Scotland's Schools makes clear that headteachers are empowered to implement full bans, should their professional judgment see fit to do so.”
Original motion(S6M-19123): That the Parliament agrees that mobile phones should be banned for learners in school classrooms.
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 111 | 85 | 26 | 18 | 86.05% | 76.58% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 80.30% | 54.72% |
| Government | 63 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 92.06% | 96.55% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 92.06% | 96.55% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | 50.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 62.50% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 96.55% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | No | 3.45% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Ash Denham | Alba | No | 3.45% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.55% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Absent | n/a |