Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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25 May 2022 - 10 October 2024
Member
28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
25 May 2022 - 05 September 2023
Substitute Member
20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
23 September 2021 - 25 May 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
17 June 2021 - 23 September 2021
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08 September 2021 - 22 September 2021
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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: 17 February 2023]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 17 February 2023]
I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
[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]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 21 November 2022]
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: 22 April 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "Scotland’s public bodies are, by definition, an extension of the Scottish Government…
Chamber meeting date: 22 April 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "I, too, thank Douglas Lumsden for securing time for this important debate on NHS Grampian. Healthcare in the north-east is in crisis as a result of years of chronic underfunding of NHS Grampian by the SNP Government…
Chamber meeting date: 3 April 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "I thought that I was hearing an SNP party-political broadcast from the previous speaker, but it is good to know that the SNP is concerned about the environment. Scotland has failed to comply with the Aarhus convention—that is clear…
Chamber meeting date: 2 April 2025
5. Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the potential loss of agricultural land in the North East Scotland region as the result of development. (S6O-04516)"
Chamber meeting date: 2 April 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "Udny Station GP surgery in my region is the latest casualty of the Scottish National Party’s chronic mismanagement of primary care…
Find out how Tess White has voted recently.
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Supported by: Paul McLennan, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Result 73 for, 40 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Result 14 for, 100 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Supported by: Roz McCall
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Result 27 for, 82 against, 5 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Result 108 for, 1 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Result 109 for, 1 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
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: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-35620 by Neil Gray on 20 March 2025, whether it will provide details of the work that Healthcare Improvement Scotland is undertaking to standardise the reporting of incidents of rape and sexual assault in hospitals and on the NHS estate, and when these changes will be…
Answered by Neil Gray on 24 April 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the care sector, in light of reported comments from the Chief Executive of Scottish Care that "the bottom will fall out of the sector in three months"."
Answered by Neil Gray on 24 April 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 9 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the support that it is giving to NHS Grampian, in light of the NHS board's reported ongoing financial difficulties."
Answered by Neil Gray on 24 April 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the board's reported financial situation, what its position is on how NHS Grampian will repay its reported loan from it of £92.2 million."
Answered by Neil Gray on 24 April 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the additional £2…
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it expects work on the National Treatment Centre Grampian Project to recommence."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish an updated infrastructure investment plan."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the Care Inspectorate will provide data on the unmet demand for childcare, in addition to providing existing data on the number of settings and places available."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations in Transport Scotland's March 2023 report, Women's and girls' views and experiences of personal safety when using public transport."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when in 2025 it will publish a medium-term financial strategy."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025