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
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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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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 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 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]
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]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 22 November 2023]
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: 15 January 2025
6. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government how its draft budget 2025-26 will support local authorities to better serve rural communities, such as those in Aberdeenshire and Angus Council areas in the North East Scotland region. (S6O-04198)"
Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I am pleased to open the stage 3 debate on behalf of the Scottish Greens and to support the Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill…
Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Will the member take a brief intervention?"
Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I thank Kenny Gibson for securing the debate, and say hello to the WASPI women in the public gallery: you are welcome…
Chamber meeting date: 14 January 2025
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "This payment in Scotland is undoubtedly welcome, but should we not be looking beyond mitigation at what we can do to ensure that everyone lives in comfortably warm homes, whatever the weather, whatever the season and whatever their income…
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Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 46 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 88 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 116 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Michael Marra, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 24 for, 64 against, 28 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 69 for, 23 against, 26 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: 15 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will contribute towards promoting anti-racism campaigns and initiatives."
Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 8 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will support local authorities to better serve rural communities, such as those in Aberdeenshire and Angus council areas in the North East Scotland region."
Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2025
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 6 January 2025
"To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the effectiveness of the National Planning Framework 4 principles in creating sustainable places across Scotland that enhance human and environmental wellbeing."
Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 4 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to enhance the sustainability of cultural facilities in the North East Scotland region, including to prevent job losses in the sector and improve support for cultural education."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 27 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the University of Dundee, in light of recent reports regarding its financial situation, senior management resignations and its failure to recruit enough Scottish students."
Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government to what extent its economic development activities and infrastructure project decisions in the North East Scotland region are aligned with the regional economic strategy."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 November 2024
"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reported concerns that its proposed formula for calculating rent controls in the Housing (Scotland) Bill will require above-inflation rent rises for hundreds of thousands of renters, thus not tackling unaffordable rents."
Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 6 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what conversations it has had with its international development partners regarding building resilience to increasing humanitarian crises."
Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has produced an action plan on achieving compliance with Article 9(4) of the UN Aarhus Convention to ensure that access to justice is "fair, timely, equitable, and not prohibitively expensive"."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 17 October 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 7 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported comment by the Fire Brigades Union Scotland that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is in a “deadly cycle of decline”."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 9 October 2024
See all of Maggie Chapman's questions submitted in Parliament