Official portrait of Pete Wishart

Pete Wishart

Scottish National Party MP for Perth and Kinross-shire, since 7 June 2001

SNP Deputy Westminster Leader

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).

Scorecard

27.7% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
159 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
416 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Scottish National Party MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1294 Debates spoken in 133 written questions tabled

Ranked 629 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) No 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) No vote 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 No vote 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) No vote 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) No vote 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading No vote 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No vote 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No vote 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No vote 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No vote 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading No vote 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No vote 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No vote 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No vote 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Ridge Records - Royalty payments
Payer: Ridge Records Limited, 1 York Street, Aberdeen AB11 5DL.
Additional information: I am also an unremunerated director. Any royalty payments will be listed below.

On the register since 2 Apr 2026

Role, work or services: EMI - Royalty payments
Payer: EMI, EMI House, 43 Brook Green, London W6 7EF
Additional information: Royalty payments received in conjunction with Ridge Records Ltd. See entry for Ridge Records below.
(Registered 1 May 2015)

On the register since 21 May 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, trading as The Ivors Academy
Address of donor: Prager Metis LLP, 5A Bear Lane, Southwark, London SE1 0UH (Office address: 1 Upper James St, London W1F 9DE)
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The Ivors Academy provided a ticket and hospitality for the Ivor Novello Awards on 21 May 2026, value £984
Date received: 21 May 2026
Date accepted: 21 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03643088
(Registered 24 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Address of donor: 1-2 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: An invite to the Royal Military Tattoo, value £452
Date received: 20 August 2025
Date accepted: 20 August 2025
Donor status: other (Charity)
(Registered 18 September 2025)

On the register since 23 Feb 2026

Name of donor: UK Music
Address of donor: Savoy Hill House, 7-10 Savoy Hill, London WC2R 0BU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for Neil Young at BST concerts at Hyde Park. Shared with one other person, value £739.90
Date received: 11 July 2025
Date accepted: 11 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03245288
(Registered 29 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

Name of donor: UK MUsic
Address of donor: 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for myself and a staff member to the Music Producers Guild Awards 2025, value £708
Date received: 24 April 2025
Date accepted: 24 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03245288
(Registered 3 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

1294 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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