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Mobile Phones in Schools - Amendment 2

  • Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-19123.2
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 01 October 2025

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.”


Vote

Result 85 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Angela Constance
  • Graeme Dey
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Collette Stevenson
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Michelle Thomson
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • George Adam
  • Willie Coffey
  • Clare Haughey
  • John Swinney
  • Maree Todd

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Maurice Golden
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Roz McCall
  • Edward Mountain
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Annie Wells
  • Tess White
  • Brian Whittle
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Miles Briggs
  • Russell Findlay
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane
  • Sue Webber

Scottish Labour

For
0
Against
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Katy Clark
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Alex Rowley
  • Davy Russell
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Michael Marra
  • Paul O'Kane

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Lorna Slater
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Ross Greer
  • Gillian Mackay

Independent

For
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • John Mason
Against
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Fergus Ewing
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Colin Smyth

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Jamie Greene
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
  • Beatrice Wishart
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Reform UK

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Graham Simpson

Alba Party

For
0
Against
  • Ash Regan
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-19123

Mobile Phones in Schools

Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 29, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Result 85 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Agreed


Defeated related amendments

Motion ref. S6M-19123.1

Mobile Phones in Schools - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Supported by: Foysol Choudhury
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Result 49 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Disagreed