# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-mcalpine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:26:40.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-mcalpine"
name: "Joan McAlpine"
slug: "joan-mcalpine"
description: "Joan McAlpine is a former Scottish journalist and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2011 to 2021. \nMcAlpine is known for her opposition to the provisions of the legislation which sought to reform the Gender Recognition Act and for her views on sex and gender."
tagline: "Scottish journalist and politician (born 1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoanMcAlpineMSP20120529.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.97
  momentum:             3.752808988764045
  historical:           6.822032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JoanMcAlpine"
    handle:    "JoanMcAlpine"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joanmcalpine.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_McAlpine"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چوان مكالپين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_McAlpine"
    title: "Joan McAlpine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_McAlpine"
    title: "Joan McAlpine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_McAlpine"
    title: "Joan McAlpine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_McAlpine"
    title: "Joan McAlpine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_McAlpine"
    title: "Joan McAlpine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_McAlpine"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512681"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump