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Tess White

Tess White
MSP
Swearing in, 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for North East Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Personal details
Political partyScottish Conservatives

Tess White is a Scottish Conservative politician, serving as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland Region since being elected in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.[1]

Career

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White worked in the oil and gas industry and served as a board director at Shell Renewables, vice president of Shell International and HR director at Centrica.[2]

Political career

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White unsuccessfully stood as the Conservative candidate for Dundee West at the 2019 United Kingdom general election,[3] where she came in third with 5,149 votes (12.4%).[4]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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White ran as the Conservative candidate for Dundee City West at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, finishing third, with 10.3% of the vote.[5] She was elected on the regional list in North East Scotland.[6]

During a session of First Ministers' Questions on 2 September 2021, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was answering a question about anti-Irish and anti-Catholic discrimination in Scotland. As Sturgeon said "...anybody who chooses to live in Scotland [...] this is their home", White interrupted and shouted across the chamber, "unless you're English".[7] She later apologised and withdrew her remark in the parliamentary chamber.[8]

On 12 January 2022, White called for Boris Johnson to resign as Conservative party leader and Prime Minister over the Westminster lockdown parties controversy along with a majority of Scottish Conservative MSPs.[9]

Personal life

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White is a lesbian[10][11] and has a wife.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Gossip, Alastair (8 May 2021). "Aberdeen city council co-leader to step down as Tories dominate list vote and Alba miss out". Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ Penman, Hamish (9 May 2021). "Scottish Election: North-east MSPs set out vision for energy transition". Energy Voice. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ Bell, Matteo (11 December 2019). "General Election 2019 - who are the candidates vying for the Dundee West seat?". Evening Telegraph. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Dundee West parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News". BBC. BBC. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Dundee City West - Scottish Parliament constituency - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  6. ^ Finnis, Alexander (6 May 2021). "The full list of candidates standing in the 2021 Scottish election". inews.co.uk. Associated Newspaper Ltd. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ Andrews, Kieran (2 September 2021). "Nicola Sturgeon 'deeply offended' over anti-English accusation by Tess White". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Tory MSP apologises after 'anti-English' slur against Sturgeon". The Herald. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  9. ^ Green, Chris [@ChrisGreenNews] (12 January 2022). "Majority of Scottish Tories' 31 MSPs at Holyrood now openly calling for the Prime Minister to resign" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ White, Tess [@TessWhite4NE] (9 May 2024). "After the way gender-critical lesbians have been treated in recent years, Patrick Harvie had some nerve at #FMQs claiming to speak for the LGBT community.
    As a gay woman, he will never speak for me"     (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Boyle, Janet (25 July 2023). "Sister's ordeal left MSP 'open to considering a change in the law' on rights to assisted dying". The Sunday Post.
  12. ^ White, Tess [@TessWhite4NE] (13 July 2024). "My Scottish wife who was born in Wales will be supporting England tomorrow for what will be brilliant football!
    This below is a shameful. Sad to see.<be/>We are a United Kingdom"     (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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