Scottish Parliament – Oct. 1, 2025 – 3
Mobile Phones in Schools
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: Other(?)
The result of the division on motion S6M-19123, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on mobile phones in schools, as amended, is: For 85, Against 26, Abstentions 0. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament agrees that mobile phones should be banned for learners in school classrooms, 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.
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Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
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 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 80.30% | 56.60% |
| Government | 63 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 5 | 92.06% | 94.83% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 5 | 92.06% | 94.83% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| 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% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 5.17% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 5.17% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 5.17% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |