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Last 12 months

How Pete Wishart votes

Pete Wishart voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 64 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
14 JulAccountability of public officials: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
14 JulAccountability of public officials: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Pete Wishart has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesBritish Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, trading as The Ivors Academy - £984.0024 Jun 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesThe Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo - £452.0018 Sep 2025
Employment and earningsEMI - Royalty payments - EMI1 May 2015
Employment and earningsRidge Records - Royalty payments - Ridge Records Limited–

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Pete Wishart asked 24 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Home Office15
Cabinet Office5
Department for Education4

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 8 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£19,009
Office costs · claims for running an office£16,430
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,579

77 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Pete Wishart represents Perth and Kinross-shire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Pete Wishart

Scottish National Party

MAJORITY
4,127

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Pete Wishart won with 38% of the votes, and Luke Graham (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Scottish National Party38% · 18,928
Conservative30% · 14,801
Labour18% · 9,018
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,681
Reform UK6% · 2,970
Independent1% · 679
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pete WishartScottish National Party18,92837.8%
Luke GrahamConservative14,80129.6%
Graham CoxLabour9,01818.0%
Amanda ClarkLiberal Democrat3,6817.4%
Helen McDadeReform UK2,9705.9%
Sally HughesIndependent6791.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£763 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this