Pete Wishart is one of the longest-serving MPs in parliament, having been first elected in June 2001 and ranked 33rd of 649 active MPs for length of service, and he is the longest-serving of the eight Scottish National Party MPs currently in parliament. His parliamentary activity shows a stark divergence between voting and debate participation: he ranks 623rd in voting with a 26.96% participation rate across 155 votes cast, but ranks 178th in debate contributions with 465 total contributions across 183 debates participated in. His debate contributions have focused on immigration and asylum, procedural matters, and justice and law, while his voting has concentrated on employment and workers' rights, parliamentary procedure, and taxation.

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