Pete Wishart

Pete Wishart

Constituency: Perth and Kinross-shire

Party: Scottish National Party

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Synopsis

Pete Wishart is the Scottish National Party MP for Perth and Kinross-shire, and has been an MP continually since 7 June 2001. He currently undertakes the roles of SNP Deputy Westminster Leader, Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Home Affairs), and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Constitution).

Pete Wishart, the Scottish National Party MP for Perth and Kinross-shire, has been continuously serving since his election in June 2001, making him the longest-serving member of his nine-strong parliamentary group and ranked 33rd for service length across all 650 MPs. His parliamentary activity shows a marked divergence between his contributions, with 430 debate contributions placing him 194th overall while his voting participation of 27.37 percent across 147 votes cast ranks him 625th of 650 MPs. His debate contributions have focused on immigration and asylum, procedural matters, and justice and law, whilst his limited voting engagement has predominantly covered employment and workers rights, parliamentary procedure, and taxation.

Summary generated on 15/06/2026 (View details)

VOTING PARTICIPATION

147 / 551

26.68%

Ranked #626 of 650 MPs (4th percentile)

DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS

159 / 9879

436 total contributions

Ranked #197 of 650 MPs (70th percentile)

REGISTERED INTERESTS

4

£4,049.97

£

Total declared interests