2022 in Scotland
Incumbents
- First Minister – Nicola Sturgeon{{cite web |title=Nicola Sturgeon {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Scottish Independence {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicola-Sturgeon |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=20 May 2022 |language=en}}
- Secretary of State – Alister Jack{{cite web |title=Case for new oil and gas fields 'unanswerable' amid threat of Putin – Alister Jack |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/case-for-new-oil-and-gas-fields-unanswerable-amid-threat-of-putin-alister-jack-3618562 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=19 March 2022 |access-date=20 May 2022 |language=en}}
Events
- 20 March – 2022 Census for Scotland.{{cite web |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/census/2022-census |title=Statistics and Data > Scotland's Census > 2022 Census |publisher=National Records of Scotland |access-date=5 December 2021 |archive-date=5 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205221633/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/census/2022-census |url-status=dead }} (one year later than the national census in the rest of the UK).
- 5 May – 2022 Scottish local elections.{{cite web|last1=Hoog |first1=Niels de |last2=Clarke |first2=Seán |last3=Leach |first3=Anna |title=Elections 2022: live council results for England, Scotland and Wales |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2022/may/05/elections-2022-results-live-local-council-england-scotland-wales |website=The Guardian|date=7 May 2022 |location=London|access-date=20 May 2022 |language=en}}
- 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.{{cite news|title=Platinum Jubilee: Eight new cities created in Queen's honour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61505857 |work=BBC News|access-date=20 May 2022 |date=19 May 2022}}
- 14 June – Nicola Sturgeon, launches the first of a series of papers setting out the case for her proposed second Scottish independence referendum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-61796883|title=Nicola Sturgeon unveils case for Scottish independence|date=14 June 2022|accessdate=14 June 2022|work=BBC News}}
- 10–14 July – 150th Open Championship (golf) at the Old Course at St Andrews.{{cite web |url=https://www.theopen.com/st-andrews-150th-open/ |title=2022 St Andrews 10–17 July 2022 |publisher=The Open Championship |access-date=5 December 2021}}
- 19 July – Warmest ever temperature in Scotland recorded, 35.1°C (95.1°F) at Floors Castle in the Borders.{{cite news|title=Scotland's warmest day was even hotter at 35.1C|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62230571|work=BBC News|date=20 July 2022|access-date=20 July 2022}}
- 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-62534817|title=Right to free period products becomes law in Scotland|date=15 August 2022|accessdate=15 August 2022|work=BBC News}}
- 22 August – Seagreen offshore wind farm, off the Angus coast, begins generating.{{cite news|title=Scotland's biggest offshore wind farm to generate first power|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-62638500|work=BBC News|date=23 August 2022|access-date=23 August 2022}}
- August–September – 2022 Scotland bin strikes.{{Cite news |date=2022-08-25 |title=Is there a bin strike in my area? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-62674698 |access-date=2022-08-29}}
- 8 September – Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle.{{Cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over the U.K. for 70 years, dies at 96 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-who-reigned-over-the-uk-for-70-years-dies-at-96/ar-AA11BT0o |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}
- 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-62887853|title=Margaret Ferrier: MP who exposed public to Covid must do unpaid work|date=2022-09-13|accessdate=2022-09-13|work=BBC News}}
- 22 September – Aberdeen's last paper mill, Stoneywood, enters administration, having operated on the site for 252 years.{{cite news|title=Aberdeen paper mill redundancies 'a hammer blow' for staff|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-63007605|work=BBC News|date=2022-09-23|accessdate=2022-09-23}}
- 23 November – The Supreme Court rules that the Scottish Government cannot hold a second Scottish independence referendum without the UK government's consent.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63727562|title=Scottish government loses indyref2 court case|work=BBC News |date=23 November 2022|accessdate=23 November 2022}}
- 22 December – MSPs vote to approve the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill by 86 votes to 39.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64066938|title=Controversial Scottish gender reforms to become law|work=BBC News |date=Dec 22, 2022|accessdate=Dec 22, 2022}}
Deaths
- 9 February – Fiona Denison, doctor and academic{{cite web |title=Tributes paid to renowned Scottish doctor after 'long battle' with Covid -19 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19836391.professor-fiona-denison-tributes-death-covid-19/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=10 January 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022 |language=en}}
- 2 March – John Stahl, actor (born 1953){{cite web |title=John Stahl obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/31/john-stahl-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=20 May 2022 |language=en |date=31 March 2022}}
- 13 March – Mary Lee, singer (born 1921){{cite web |title=Glasgow's 'true variety starlet' Mary Lee Milroy dies aged 100 |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/20006749.glasgows-true-variety-starlet-mary-lee-milroy-dies-aged-100/ |website=Glasgow Times |date=20 March 2022 |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=en}}
- 24 March – John McLeod, composer (born 1934){{cite web |title=Scotsman Obituaries: John McLeod CBE, Scottish composer and conductor |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scotsman-obituaries-john-mcleod-cbe-scottish-composer-and-conductor-3652223 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=13 April 2022 |access-date=20 May 2022 |language=en}}
- 13 May – Angus Grossart, merchant banker and newspaper executive (born 1937){{cite web |title=Sir Angus Grossart obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/24/sir-angus-grossart-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=17 August 2022 |language=en |date=24 May 2022}}
- 12 July – Joan Lingard, writer (born 1932){{cite web |title=Joan Lingard obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/20/joan-lingard-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=17 August 2022 |language=en |date=20 July 2022}}
- 11 August – Darius Campbell Danesh, singer and reality star (born 1980){{cite web |title=Darius Campbell Danesh obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/17/darius-campbell-danesh-obituary|website=the Guardian |access-date=28 August 2022 |language=en |date=18 August 2022}}
- 14 October – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian (born 1950){{cite web |title=Robbie Coltrane obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/14/robbie-coltrane-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=15 October 2022 |language=en |date=14 October 2022}}
- 26 November – Doddie Weir, rugby union player and motor neuron disease campaigner (born 1970){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/28/doddie-weir-obituary |title=Doddie Weir obituary |first=Ian |last=Malin |work=The Guardian |date=28 November 2022 |access-date=20 December 2022}}
See also
References
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