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

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Independent

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Reform UK

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

Alba Party

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

No Party Affiliation

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

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