Scottish Green Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
Website: maggiechapman.scot
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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 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.
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]
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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.
[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 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: 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…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 26 June 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I begin my questions today as I did yesterday: I put on the record an interest, which is that I was elected as the rector of the University of Dundee in March and will take up the post in August. Thank you for your comments so far, Ian Gillespie…
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…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 25 June 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Good afternoon. Before I start my questions, I put on record that I was, earlier this year, elected as rector of the University of Dundee, a post that I will take up in August this year, so I am not currently rector…
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Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, March 27, 2025
Result 64 for, 1 against, 53 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Mairi Gougeon, Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 91 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 90 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 70 for, 0 against, 50 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Result 108 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
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: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:7 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 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."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:14 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 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."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:30 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 8 May 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."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:23 April 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Aberdeenshire Council regarding the reported financial pressures that it is experiencing."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:3 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 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."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:3 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 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."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:16 April 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how its international development work is supporting the humanitarian response in Palestine."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:12 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported claims that policing of pro-Palestinian rallies and demonstrations has been disproportionate and heavy-handed."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:5 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding what support can be provided to migrant workers in the agricultural sector in Scotland."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:31 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what data it has on how many people with no recourse to public funds have received Best Start Foods payments."
See all of Maggie Chapman's questions submitted in Parliament