2022 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 2022 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• First Minister – Nicola Sturgeon^[1]
• Secretary of State – Alister Jack^[2]

Events

• 20 March – 2022 Census for Scotland.^[3] (one year later than the national census in the rest of the UK).
• 5 May – 2022 Scottish local elections.^[4]
• May – Announcement that Dunfermline in Fife is one of 8 places to be awarded city status in the United Kingdom as part of this year's celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.^[5]
• 14 June – Nicola Sturgeon, launches the first of a series of papers setting out the case for her proposed second Scottish independence referendum.^[6]
• 10–14 July – 150th Open Championship (golf) at the Old Course at St Andrews.^[7]
• 19 July – Warmest ever temperature in Scotland recorded, 35.1°C (95.1°F) at Floors Castle in the Borders.^[8]
• 15 August – Scotland becomes the first country in the world to make free sanitary products available to women after legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament comes into force.^[9]
• 22 August – Seagreen offshore wind farm, off the Angus coast, begins generating.^[10]
• August–September – 2022 Scotland bin strikes.^[11]
• 8 September – Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle.^[12]
• 13 September – Margaret Ferrier, the MP who travelled by train from London to Scotland after receiving a positive COVID test in September 2020, is given 270 hours of community service after previously pleading guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to culpably and recklessly exposing the public to the virus.^[13]
• 22 September – Aberdeen's last paper mill, Stoneywood, enters administration, having operated on the site for 252 years.^[14]
• 23 November – The Supreme Court rules that the Scottish Government cannot hold a second Scottish independence referendum without the UK government's consent.^[15]
• 22 December – MSPs vote to approve the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill by 86 votes to 39.^[16]

Deaths

• 9 February – Fiona Denison, doctor and academic^[17]
• 2 March – John Stahl, actor (born 1953)^[18]
• 13 March – Mary Lee, singer (born 1921)^[19]
• 24 March – John McLeod, composer (born 1934)^[20]
• 13 May – Angus Grossart, merchant banker and newspaper executive (born 1937)^[21]
• 12 July – Joan Lingard, writer (born 1932)^[22]
• 11 August – Darius Campbell Danesh, singer and reality star (born 1980)^[23]
• 14 October – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian (born 1950)^[24]
• 26 November – Doddie Weir, rugby union player and motor neuron disease campaigner (born 1970)^[25]

See also

• 2022 in Northern Ireland
• 2022 in Wales
• 2022 in the United Kingdom
• Politics of Scotland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nicola Sturgeon Biography, Facts, & Scottish Independence Britannica . www.britannica.com . 20 May 2022 . en.
2. Web site: Case for new oil and gas fields 'unanswerable' amid threat of Putin – Alister Jack . www.scotsman.com . 19 March 2022 . 20 May 2022 . en.
3. Web site: Statistics and Data > Scotland's Census > 2022 Census . . 5 December 2021 . 5 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211205221633/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/census/2022-census . dead .
4. Web site: Hoog . Niels de . Clarke . Seán . Leach . Anna . Elections 2022: live council results for England, Scotland and Wales . The Guardian. 7 May 2022 . London. 20 May 2022 . en.
5. News: Platinum Jubilee: Eight new cities created in Queen's honour . BBC News. 20 May 2022 . 19 May 2022.
6. Web site: Nicola Sturgeon unveils case for Scottish independence. 14 June 2022. 14 June 2022. BBC News.
7. Web site: 2022 St Andrews 10–17 July 2022 . . 5 December 2021.
8. News: Scotland's warmest day was even hotter at 35.1C. BBC News. 20 July 2022. 20 July 2022.
9. Web site: Right to free period products becomes law in Scotland. 15 August 2022. 15 August 2022. BBC News.
10. News: Scotland's biggest offshore wind farm to generate first power. BBC News. 23 August 2022. 23 August 2022.
11. News: 2022-08-25 . Is there a bin strike in my area? . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-08-29.
12. Web site: Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over the U.K. for 70 years, dies at 96 . 2022-09-08 . MSN . en-US.
13. Web site: Margaret Ferrier: MP who exposed public to Covid must do unpaid work. 2022-09-13. 2022-09-13. BBC News.
14. News: Aberdeen paper mill redundancies 'a hammer blow' for staff. BBC News. 2022-09-23. 2022-09-23.
15. News: Scottish government loses indyref2 court case. BBC News . 23 November 2022. 23 November 2022.
16. News: Controversial Scottish gender reforms to become law. BBC News . Dec 22, 2022. Dec 22, 2022.
17. Web site: Tributes paid to renowned Scottish doctor after 'long battle' with Covid -19 . HeraldScotland . 10 January 2022 . 17 August 2022 . en.
18. Web site: John Stahl obituary . the Guardian . 20 May 2022 . en . 31 March 2022.
19. Web site: Glasgow's 'true variety starlet' Mary Lee Milroy dies aged 100 . Glasgow Times . 20 March 2022 . 25 March 2022 . en.
20. Web site: Scotsman Obituaries: John McLeod CBE, Scottish composer and conductor . www.scotsman.com . 13 April 2022 . 20 May 2022 . en.
21. Web site: Sir Angus Grossart obituary . the Guardian . 17 August 2022 . en . 24 May 2022.
22. Web site: Joan Lingard obituary . the Guardian . 17 August 2022 . en . 20 July 2022.
23. Web site: Darius Campbell Danesh obituary . the Guardian . 28 August 2022 . en . 18 August 2022.
24. Web site: Robbie Coltrane obituary . the Guardian . 15 October 2022 . en . 14 October 2022.
25. News: Doddie Weir obituary . Ian . Malin . The Guardian . 28 November 2022 . 20 December 2022.