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
Substitute Member
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.
No registrable interests.
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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]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 22 November 2023]
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 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 a member of Unite the Union. [Registered 22 November 2022]
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.
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: 25 March 2026
7. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any excess deaths associated with long waiting times in A and E departments, including the action it is taking to reduce preventable mortality. (S6O-05707)"
Chamber meeting date: 25 March 2026
7. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any excess deaths associated with long waiting times in A and E departments, including the action it is taking to reduce preventable mortality. (S6O-05707)"
Chamber meeting date: 25 March 2026
7. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any excess deaths associated with long waiting times in A and E departments, including the action it is taking to reduce preventable mortality. (S6O-05707)"
Chamber meeting date: 25 March 2026
7. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any excess deaths associated with long waiting times in A and E departments, including the action it is taking to reduce preventable mortality. (S6O-05707)"
Chamber meeting date: 25 March 2026
7. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any excess deaths associated with long waiting times in A and E departments, including the action it is taking to reduce preventable mortality. (S6O-05707)"
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Motion ref. S6M-21168
Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Friday, March 20, 2026
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Result 91 for, 1 against, 28 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-21120
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, March 16, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Result 121 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-21103
Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 16, 2026
Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Result 119 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-21104
Submitted by: Jim Fairlie, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 16, 2026
Supported by: Mairi Gougeon
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Result 119 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Maggie Chapman has submitted recently.
Motion ref. S6M-21057
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any discussions with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) regarding the publication of guidance equivalent to the Charity Commission for England and Wales’ publication, How charities can respond to the current hostile environment."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the ability of charities to fulfil their charitable duties in the face of any hostility towards their work."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 11 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether any payments made by the Republic of Ireland's Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will be disregarded for the purpose of awarding means-tested entitlements, such as help with care charges and Scottish Welfare Fund payments, in line with current practice for similar payments, such as from the Scottish…
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 18 March 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any excess deaths associated with long waiting times in A&E departments, including the action it is taking to reduce preventable mortality."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 10 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 March 2026
"To as the Scottish Government for what reason the rate of successful applications for Adult Disability Payment is reportedly at an all-time low, and now lower than the equivalent payment in England and Wales."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 10 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, whether a fall in the rate of successful applications for Adult Disability Payment, reportedly at an all-time low, and now lower than the equivalent payment in England and Wales, is the result of a policy decision(s) by the Scottish Government or Social Security Scotland."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 10 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the publication of the equality strategy for women and girls, which was due before the end of the current parliamentary session as committed to in the Programme for Government 2025-26, has been delayed."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 10 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when the equality strategy for women and girls, which it committed to in its Programme for Government 2025-26 and is developing in partnership with the National Advisory Council for Women and Girls, will be published."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 10 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest statistics on the number of deaths of homeless people in Scotland, which show that 231 people died in 2024, representing an increase of 40% since the data was first collected in 2017."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 10 March 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering a faster roll-out of the Housing First approach, in response to the latest statistics on the number of deaths of homeless people in Scotland, which show that 231 people died in 2024, representing an increase of 40% since the data was first collected in 2017."
See all of Maggie Chapman's questions submitted in Parliament