Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
The Scottish Parliament
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25 May 2022 - 10 October 2024
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
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25 May 2022 - 05 September 2023
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20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
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成人快手 must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.
Here is the register for Tess White. The date of their initial statement was 31 May 2021.
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[Ceased interest removed from entry: 21 November 2022]
For the purposes of transparency, I have been employed by companies in the Energy or Energy Services sector throughout my career. These include Royal Dutch Shell, World Fuel Services, Weatherford and Centrica. I do not believe these meet the prejudice test.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 21 November 2022]
I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 21 November 2022]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 17 February 2023]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 17 February 2023]
These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.
Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "My question relates to an issue that cannot be blamed on the super-flu. Aberdeen鈥檚 new maternity hospital is facing further delays, more than a decade after it was first given the go-ahead鈥
Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "The Deputy First Minister has said that the quality of provision differs across Scotland, so can she explain why she does not support the establishment of a national oversight board?"
Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025
4. Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the impact of its export growth strategy, 鈥淎 Trading Nation鈥, including what metrics it has used to assess this. (S6O-05262)"
Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025
4. Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the impact of its export growth strategy, 鈥淎 Trading Nation鈥, including what metrics it has used to assess this. (S6O-05262)"
Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app would not work. I would have voted yes."
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Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, December 11, 2025
Result 79 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 23 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Supported by: Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 34 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 8, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 34 for, 87 against, 1 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 60 for, 60 against, 2 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 23 for, 98 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Find out what motions Tess White has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the impact of its export growth strategy, A Trading Nation, including what metrics it has used to assess this."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 10 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its justification is for pursuing legal action in relation to its policy on transgender prisoners, in light of the judgment in the case, For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 22 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether British Sign Language receives parity of treatment with Gaelic within its Languages portfolio, in light of evidence given by stakeholders to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, as part of its inquiry into the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015, that,鈥
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 1 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of its revised guidance on supporting transgender pupils in schools, whether it can guarantee that, effective immediately, single-sex spaces, including toilets and changing rooms, have been made available to all girls during school hours."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 10 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has engaged with the Equality and Human Rights Commission in relation to the 19 public bodies and organisations that were found to have misrepresented the Equality Act 2010."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 12 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that people are protected against misogyny, in light of the decision not to proceed with the introduction of the proposed Misogyny Bill."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 13 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36754 by Angela Constance on 8 May 2025, whether it will provide an update regarding the specific date on which it plans to lay the SSI to propose adding the characteristic of “sex” to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 6 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 3 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the implications of the High Court decision relating to Northumbria Police participating in Pride marches for the impartiality of school teachers in Scotland."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 1 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2025
"To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the steps that the Scottish Government is taking as a result of the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers."
Asked by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £756 million in ScotWind option fees that it has received, how much of this revenue has been used to date and for what purposes."