Scottish Green Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
Website: maggiechapman.scot
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EH99 1SP
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Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
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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Motion ref. S6M-16789
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
Motion ref. S6M-16892
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
Motion ref. S6M-16960
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
Motion ref. S6M-16942
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
Motion ref. S6M-16923
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: 28 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring that the local authorities involved with the RAAC Housing Leadership Group are engaging appropriately and are including residents and RAAC campaigners in their activities."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how the Ending Homelessness Together Fund will be monitored to ensure that it delivers systemic change, including targeted resourcing to lay any essential groundwork for the "ask and act" duties with non-housing services."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to help tackle the use of sexually inappropriate AI-generated images."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 27 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the review of the legislative landscape of Scotland's care system, which is being led by Professor Kenneth Norrie, will explicitly include unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people, including whether it will consider the specific legal and immigration related processes that affect their care,…
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 27 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the requirement to provide evidence of the qualifying benefit award that is dated within the last 18 months, regardless of the length of the award, is a barrier to applying and renewing a disabled person’s bus pass."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 16 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to Adult Disability Payment determinations and redeterminations that have been appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security Chamber), for what reason it has had its decision overturned 2,545 times (53% of all appeals), and what it is doing to meet its aim of “right first time”…
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 15 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that relevant law in Scotland is brought into line with that in England and Wales regarding sexually inappropriate AI-generated images."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 15 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that Scotland’s salmon industry understated its 2024 antibiotic use by 66% before revising the figure, what sanctions are available where inaccurate or incomplete veterinary-medicines returns required under licence conditions are made to regulators, and what information it has regarding how…
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the successful application rate for Adult Disability Payment (ADP) has reportedly fallen in each fiscal year that ADP has operated, from 57% in 2022-23, to 51% in 2023-24, to 42% in 2024-25, and to 34% in 2025-26 to date."
Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Resolution Foundation's analysis of Adult Disability Payment and Personal Independence Payment official statistics that successful application rates for Adult Disability Payment are now lower compared with the equivalent Personal Independence Payment in England and Wales, what the reason is for any…
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