Elected
Your Green voices at Holyrood and in the City Chambers.
Scottish Parliament
Alison Johnstone was elected as Green MSP for Lothian on 5 May 2011. Alison is Edinburgh born and bred and lives in the south-west of the city with her husband and young daughter. A former East of Scotland 800 metres and 1500 metres title holder, Alison still runs for fitness and has witnessed the gradual and ongoing loss of accessible green space for residents and the apparent obsession with organised and elite sport that excludes many.
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City of Edinburgh Council
Since May 2007, Alison Johnstone has been the Green Councillor for Meadows/Morningside. Alison is the spokesperson on culture, leisure and sport; and children and families.
Steve Burgess represents Southside/Newington Ward on Edinburgh City Council, and is Green spokesperson for Environment and Planning in Edinburgh. Before being elected, Steve was a research scientist at Edinburgh University and latterly former Head of Research for Green Members of the Scottish Parliament.
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Maggie Chapman is the Green councillor for Leith Walk ward. Maggie has lived in Edinburgh for more than 9 years, having moved to the UK from Zimbabwe where she was born and brought up. As well as her councillor role, Maggie currently teaches at Napier University and has recently completed a PhD in Geography at Edinburgh University. She has worked in the west of Scotland in Environmental Management, and as a community carer throughout Edinburgh.
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