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
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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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 5 | 92.06% | 94.83% |
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Alba | 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% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | 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% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| 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% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 94.83% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| 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% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Jenny Gilruth | 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% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 5.17% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| 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% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 94.83% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | No | 5.17% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |