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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Maggie Chapman

Scottish Green Party

MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day

About Maggie Chapman

Contact details

Contact online

Facebook: Maggie's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6332
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

10 Panmure Street
Dundee
DD1 2BW

Phone: 01382 279991
Text relay calls welcome.

Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.

Committees

Maggie is a member of 2 committees

Cross-party groups

Maggie is a member of 14 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Animal Welfare

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Colleges and Universities

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Co-Operatives

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cuba

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fair Trade

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on International Development

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on LGBTI+

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Migration

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palestine

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on WASPI

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wellbeing Economy

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Women, Families and Justice

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Maggie has 1 parliamentary and government role

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Appointed Member

Party Roles

Maggie has 4 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Equalities

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Human Rights

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Justice

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Social Justice

Scottish Green Party

Previous roles

Maggie has had 5 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024

Party Spokesperson on Equality

Scottish Green Party

29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024

Net Zero Energy and Transport Committee

Substitute Member

29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024

Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Substitute Member

08 September 2021 - 18 June 2024

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Member

17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021

Equalities Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Member

Register of interests

Maggie's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Here is the register for Maggie Chapman. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

Until 30 June 2021 I was the Chief Operating Officer of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, a charitable organisation supporting survivors of sexual violence (of 17 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 4 HX). I spent 28 hours per week in the role and received between £25,001 and £30,000 per annum. [Amended interest, 26 August 2022]

Until April 2019 I was Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Council for Visual Impairment (SCOVI), a charitable organisation which serves as an umbrella body for organisations concerned with visual impairment (of C/o 50 Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh, EH10 4JB). I spent 21 hours per week in the role and received between £20,001 and £25,000.

Gifts

No registrable interests.

Overseas visits

No registrable interests.

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests.

Heritable property

No registrable interests.

Interest in shares

No registrable interests.

Voluntary

I am a member of the editorial committee of the Scottish Left Review, which produces a bi-monthly magazine on left politics. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration.

I am a member of Unite the Union. [Registered 22 November 2022]

[Ceased interest removed from entry: 22 November 2023]

I am a member of the National Executive of Democratic Left Scotland, a political organisation that focusses on the left / radical politics of Scotland. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration.

I am a Board member of the North East Scotland Climate Action Network, a hub organisation that supports and encourages communities in the North East to take local action to tackle to climate emergency. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 22 November 2022]

I am Rector of the University of Dundee, having been elected to this role in March 2025. My term of office runs from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2028. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 25 March 2025, Amended interest 5 August 2025]

Recent Activity

What was said

What Maggie Chapman has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Chamber meeting date: 17 September 2025

Firefighters (Role Expansion)

7. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service about role expansion for firefighters. (S6O-04944)"

Chamber meeting date: 17 September 2025

Nuclear Incidents

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I am grateful to Bill Kidd for lodging the motion, and I speak this evening to call loudly and clearly, as he and others have done, for the end of Trident for the safety of our communities, our children, our climate and our conscience…

Chamber meeting date: 17 September 2025

Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I remind colleagues of my entry in the register of members’ interests: I used to work for a rape crisis centre…

Chamber meeting date: 16 September 2025

Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?"

Chamber meeting date: 10 September 2025

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "We are here today to debate asylum and migration, but let us be clear that this debate has been framed by dog whistles, distortions and dangerous rhetoric from the Conservatives and others…

Votes

How Maggie Chapman has voted in Parliament

Find out how Maggie Chapman has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-18883

Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 15, 2025

Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Result 71 for, 46 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 26 Amendment 148

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Result 12 for, 101 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 26 Amendment 55

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Result 63 for, 48 against, 1 abstained, 17 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 26 Amendment 109

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Result 45 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 26 Amendment 46

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Result 28 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motions

Questions

Questions Maggie Chapman has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6O-04982

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 17 September 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any discussions that it has had with Police Scotland about the policing of protests outside hotels and other accommodation for people seeking asylum."

Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2025

Question ref. S6F-04300

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 15 September 2025

"To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to protect renters in the private sector from homelessness."

Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2025

Question ref. S6O-04944

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 10 September 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service about role expansion for firefighters."

Taken in the Chamber on 17 September 2025

Question ref. S6O-04878

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 27 August 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to local authorities to help ensure that all residents across the north east can access local council services, including help when things go wrong, in person as well as online."

Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2025

Question ref. S6W-39059

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 27 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reportedly did not contribute to the UK progress update to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee on 29 May 2025."

Answered by Siobhian Brown on 9 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-39015

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 26 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) remains a competent body to review the rules governing legal expenses for Aarhus cases, in light of reports of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC) granting admissibility to a complaint submitted by the Environmental Rights Centre…

Answered by Siobhian Brown on 4 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-37972

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 4 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to each of the key messages identified in the Just Transition Commission's report, Just Transition for Aberdeen and the North East, and whether it will provide a timeline for initiating a planning process for regions that sets out the (a) scope, (b) core objectives, (c) principles, (d) roles and…

Answered by Alasdair Allan on 12 June 2025

Question ref. S6W-38217

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-37095 by Alasdair Allan on 8 May 2025, when it will publish the results of the SCO2T Connect project feasibility study."

Answered by Alasdair Allan on 12 June 2025

Question ref. S6O-04764

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 28 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published report by the Just Transition Commission, A Just Transition for Aberdeen and the North East."

Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2025

Question ref. S6O-04663

Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the NHS and local authorities to support disabled people and carers in the North East Scotland region."

Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 May 2025

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