Applications to stand in the 2026 Scottish Youth Parliament elections are now closed – voting will take place from 2nd – 15th November 2026

Joseph Tang

Dundee City East

Key Issues

  • Rights
  • Democracy
  • Culture and media

Candidate Presentation



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Candidate Profile

Why do you want to be an MSYP?

I would like to become an MSYP because I would like to be more confident and to polish and improve my public speaking and communications skills which are increasingly important in this day and age. I would also like to learn more about the Scottish political system and how it works in more detail. Finally, I would also like to participate in the process of change-making around the local community so that I could transform it into a better place.

How will you consult with the young people in your area or organisation to ensure that they are represented well and their voices are heard?

I would hold monthly surgeries within a spare classroom at lunchtime in order to understand any new issues that might arise of them in the community, and I would also hold semi-regular assemblies in order to report them on what I have been up to over the time period.

Why should someone vote for you?

I believe that these promises would be relatively simple to do, and would be within the scope of my abilities. My first campaign point of the (supposed) lack of extracurricular activities mainly arises due to a lack of outreach by the clubs themselves, which could be fixed easily by creating an online forum/platform or outreach event or even a festival in the City Centre to promote the clubs. The other campaign point is to oppose the upcoming social media ban, which, as an MSYP, has the power to influence the Scottish Government to take stronger action against the ban. Finally, I would promote democracy in my school by pressuring them into creating DEMOCRATICALLY elected student councils, which, only given some administrative troubles, should be easy to do, as it had been done before in our school before being abandoned. These promises are all tangible and does not require too much external factors to complete, which makes the constituent know that I do indeed have a plan, not just empty promises.