Maggie Chapman

For the American singer-songwriter, see Maggie Chapman (singer).

Maggie Chapman
MSP
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for North East Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2021
Co-Convenor of the Scottish Greens
In office
November 2013 – 1 August 2019
Serving with Patrick Harvie
Preceded byMartha Wardrop
Succeeded byLorna Slater
(as Co-leader of the Scottish Greens)
Councillor, City of Edinburgh Council
In office
3 May 2007 – June 2015
ConstituencyLeith Walk
Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen
In office
April 2015 – 31 March 2021
Preceded byMaitland Mackie
Succeeded byMartina Chukwuma-Ezike
Personal details
Born (1979-06-27) 27 June 1979 (age 45)
Salisbury, Zimbabwe Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
Political partyScottish Greens
EducationDominican Convent School, Harare
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Stirling University
ProfessionTeacher
Websitewww.maggiechapman.scot
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Maggie Chapman (born 27 June 1979) is a Scottish politician and lecturer[1] who is a Scottish Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland. She was co-convenor of the Scottish Greens from November 2013 to August 2019, serving with Patrick Harvie, and was the party's lead candidate for the 2019 European election.[2]

She was a councillor for the Leith Walk ward of The City of Edinburgh Council from 2007 to 2015 and represented the Scottish Greens on the Smith Commission for further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament.

Chapman was the Rector of the University of Aberdeen, having been elected in 2014, and again in 2018. Her term ended on the 31 March 2021.

She was the lead Green candidate for the North East region at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, and was elected as one of eight Green MSPs.[3]

  1. ^ "Maggie Chapman". Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Scottish Greens urge voters to choose 'hope over hate'". BBC. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Scottish Greens to stand in 12 constituencies as party publishes full candidates' list". The National. April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.