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White, Tess

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White, Tess
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White, Tess

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party North East Scotland

Politically, you're most like Wells, Annie Con — similarity 85.3/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,069
last on 18 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.4%
0.6% rebellion
Attendance
89.0%
132 "Not Voted" of 1,201 divisions present
Motions lodged
248
414 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,557
606 chamber · 951 committee
Allowances claimed
£158,205
889 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
duty ·100 inquiry ·73 rights ·73 public ·71 sector ·71 equality ·70 bill ·64 question ·62 time ·59 stage ·53 human ·51 legal ·48
Recent motions & questions
Recent rebellions

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
248
Carried
0
Defeated
6
Not divided
242

Of the 6 motions that went to a vote, 0.0% were carried.

Closest voting allies

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

Furthest apart on votes

MSPs they vote against most often.

MSPs like this one

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

women girls nine protected single-sex snp-green nhs grampian strangulation brechin single-sex spaces manage measure ssen ehrc psed
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. ☷
    Left Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from North East Scotland (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  3. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ☷
    Joined Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as Member
    10 Oct 2024
  5. ☷
    Left Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
    10 Oct 2024
  6. ☷
    Left Social Justice and Social Security Committee
    05 Sep 2023
  7. ☷
    Joined Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as Member
    25 May 2022
  8. ☷
    Joined Social Justice and Social Security Committee as Substitute Member
    25 May 2022
  9. ☷
    Left Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
    25 May 2022
  10. ☷
    Joined Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee as Member
    23 Sep 2021
  11. ☷
    Left Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
    23 Sep 2021
  12. ☷
    Left Finance and Public Administration Committee
    22 Sep 2021
  13. ☷
    Joined Finance and Public Administration Committee as Substitute Member
    08 Sep 2021
  14. ☷
    Joined Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  15. ⌂
    Started representing North East Scotland
    06 May 2021
  16. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    06 May 2021
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    11 Mar 2026
    Poet and novelist Polly Clark was shamefully cancelled by literary magazine Gutter for her gender critical beliefs. Gutter is funded by Scottish National Party…
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    11 Mar 2026
    To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support freedom of speech across the cultural sector. (S6O-05617)
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    05 Mar 2026
    Human beings matter, and my question relates to the Scottish Government and its powers. Can the minister confirm that the proposed infrastructure will conform …
  • Portfolio Question Time Chamber
    05 Mar 2026
    To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the social justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the protection of people’s human rig…
  • First Minister’s Question Time Chamber
    05 Mar 2026
    It is scandalous that the Scottish National Party Government has spent millions of pounds funding self-identification groups while shutting sex-based women’s o…
Committee & government roles

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
Edinburgh accommodation £13,407 £7,365 +£6,041
Engagement costs £10,357 £9,857 +£501
MSP & staff travel £1,341 £1,949 −£608
Office costs £2,828 £4,419 −£1,591
Registered interests

52 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    I am a member of Women2Win Business Club.
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    I am a member of the Fawcett Society.
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    I am a member of the National Trust for Scotland.
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    I am a member of the Scottish Japanese Karate Association.
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    I am a supporter of, and fundraiser for, SAMH and MIND.
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    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…
  • Voluntary · 31 May 2021
    I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Career timeline

Party

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