Scottish Green Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024
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29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024
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08 September 2021 - 18 June 2024
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17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
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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.
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.
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I am a member of Unite the Union. [Registered 22 November 2022]
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]
On 21 March 2025 I was elected Rector of the University of Dundee. My three-year term in this role will begin on 1 August 2025. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 25 March 2025]
[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 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.
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: 26 June 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "The Scottish Greens will support the LCM at decision time. However, I want to get the following comments, which relate to clause 38 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, on the record…
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I thank the First Minister for his statement. On behalf of the Scottish Greens, I welcome Gypsy Traveller community members to the Parliament. I am glad that you can be here to witness this…
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "The Scottish Greens cannot agree to this LCM this evening. Part 2 of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill “assumes that all recipients of benefits have criminal tendencies and must therefore be denied financial privacy…
Chamber meeting date: 24 June 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "The cabinet secretary highlights the Gillies report’s call for openness and transparency, but already the interim leadership team is showing little sign of change…
Chamber meeting date: 19 June 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I am grateful to the cabinet secretary for securing the debate. As she has outlined, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is one of the sustainable development goals, and it is one that we should all strive to implement…
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Submitted by: Natalie Don-Innes, Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 87 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 88 for, 1 against, 27 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 80 for, 0 against, 34 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Kaukab Stewart, Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Shirley-Anne Somerville
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 86 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Result 88 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Maggie Chapman has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
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."
Answer expected on 25 July 2025
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
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
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
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
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 14 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the reported findings from a survey by the Fire Brigades Union that there is support and a need for 52 weeks of full pay for firefighters on maternity leave."
Taken in the Chamber on 22 May 2025
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 30 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the feasibility study for the transport of carbon dioxide by pipeline to St Fergus in the north east of Scotland, and if the study has not concluded, when it is expected to do so."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 8 May 2025
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Aberdeenshire Council regarding the reported financial pressures that it is experiencing."
Taken in the Chamber on 30 April 2025
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations in the Shelter Scotland report, In Their Own Words: Children’s Experiences in Temporary Accommodation, what steps it is taking to prevent the eviction of households with children due to rent arrears."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 April 2025
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations in the Shelter Scotland report, In Their Own Words: Children’s Experiences in Temporary Accommodation, what steps it is taking to encourage (a) social and (b) private landlords to explore all options before a household with children faces eviction proceedings."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 April 2025
See all of Maggie Chapman's questions submitted in Parliament