Skip to main content
Loading…

Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

Image description

Maggie Chapman

Scottish Green Party

MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day

About Maggie Chapman

Contact details

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6332
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

10 Panmure Street
Dundee
DD1 2BW

Phone: 01382 279991
Text relay calls welcome.

Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Maggie is a member of 14 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Animal Welfare

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Colleges and Universities

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Co-Operatives

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cuba

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fair Trade

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on International Development

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on LGBTI+

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Migration

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palestine

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on WASPI

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wellbeing Economy

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Women, Families and Justice

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Maggie has 1 parliamentary and government role

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Appointed Member

Party Roles

Maggie has 4 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Equalities

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Human Rights

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Justice

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Social Justice

Scottish Green Party

Previous roles

Maggie has had 5 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024

Party Spokesperson on Equality

Scottish Green Party

29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024

Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Substitute Member

29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024

Net Zero Energy and Transport Committee

Substitute Member

08 September 2021 - 18 June 2024

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Member

17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021

Equalities Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Member

Register of interests

Maggie's register of interests

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.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Maggie Chapman has said in Parliament

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: 27 November 2025

IT Systems (Resilience)

Maggie Chapman (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body): "The disruption to the stage 3 proceedings for the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill was deeply regrettable…

Chamber meeting date: 26 November 2025

Gender Identity Clinics (Waiting Times)

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "The figures that were published by Public Health Scotland in October should shake every one of us in the chamber. They lay bare a crisis that is not abstract or distant but is one that is lived day to day by thousands of our fellow Scots…

Chamber meeting date: 25 November 2025

Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "This Parliament has taken significant strides in promoting children’s rights. After three years of delay caused by a petty UK Government, last year we enshrined the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law…

Chamber meeting date: 20 November 2025

Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (North East Scotland)

4. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support tenants and owner-occupiers affected by RAAC in the North East Scotland region. (S6O-05174)"

Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 19 November 2025

Interests

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Thank you, convener. I am rector of the University of Dundee—colleagues should be aware of that. I have no other relevant interests to declare."

Votes

How Maggie Chapman has voted in Parliament

Find out how Maggie Chapman has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 78 Amendment 2

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025

Result 24 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 78 Amendment 1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025

Result 47 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6M-19948

Non-Domestic Rates (Liability for Unoccupied Properties) (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025

Result 84 for, 24 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 78 Amendment 23

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025

Result 26 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 78 Amendment 22

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, November 27, 2025

Result 25 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motions

Questions

Questions Maggie Chapman has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question reference: S6O-05258

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 26 November 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on adult English (ESOL) classes that are held on school premises of the reported far-right protests that have taken place outside the schools in opposition to these."

Question reference: S6W-41979

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 18 November 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to expand the use of FibroScan across NHS Scotland, with the aim of improving the early detection of liver disease."

Question reference: S6O-05174

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 12 November 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support tenants and owner-occupiers affected by RAAC in the North East Scotland region."

Question reference: S6W-41548

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 28 October 2025

Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the latest reported data from SEPA, which shows that Scotland's five biggest incinerators produced more than one million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2024, what its position is on the reported record levels of carbon emissions from incinerators."

Question reference: S6W-41547

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 28 October 2025

Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported shutdown and reopening of the NESS incinerator in Aberdeen, what discussions it has had with SEPA and any affected local authorities, and whether any impact of disrupted waste management services on local people was discussed."

Question reference: S6W-41549

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 28 October 2025

Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the most recent data from SEPA's Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory, which reportedly shows rising levels of toxic pollution, including mercury, from Scotland's incinerators."

Question reference: S6O-05070

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 22 October 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how much it will allocate in its forthcoming Budget to support older people to live independently in their local communities."

Question reference: S6O-04982

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 17 September 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any discussions that it has had with Police Scotland about the policing of protests outside hotels and other accommodation for people seeking asylum."

Question reference: S6F-04300

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 15 September 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2025

"To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to protect renters in the private sector from homelessness."

Question reference: S6O-04944

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: 10 September 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 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."

Share this page