Scottish Green Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
The Scottish Parliament
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
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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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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 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]
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: 10 September 2025
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…
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee meeting date: 9 September 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Good morning, everyone. I am sorry that I cannot join you in person, but greetings from sunny Dundee. Angela O’Hagan, you talked about the gap between narrative and practice and about the lack of fluency…
Chamber meeting date: 4 September 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I associate myself with comments that have already been made. Every drug death is a preventable tragedy, and I extend my sympathies to everyone affected by such a death…
Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2025
5. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "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. (S6O-04878)"
Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Jackson Carlaw talks about the right of the Israeli state to act…
Find out how Maggie Chapman has voted recently.
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 60 for, 49 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 23 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 26 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 72 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 8, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 91 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 11 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: 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
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
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
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
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: 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: 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
See all of Maggie Chapman's questions submitted in Parliament