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Pete Wishart

Scottish National Party Perth and Kinross-shire

Voting record

1
Voted for
1
Voted against
7
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 100%

How often Pete Wishart voted the same way as most of the Scottish National Party party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Pete Wishart currently holds 3 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
SNP Deputy Westminster Leader — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-10 Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Home Affairs) — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-10 Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Constitution) — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-10 Shadow
Previously held
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) — Opposition Department (2022-09-08 to 2022-12-12) Shadow
Shadow SNP Leader of the House of Commons — Opposition Department (2021-02-01 to 2022-09-08) Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) — Opposition Department (2020-01-07 to 2021-02-01) Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Constitution) — Opposition Department (2017-06-20 to 2021-02-01) Shadow
Shadow SNP Leader of the House of Commons — Opposition Department (2017-06-20 to 2020-01-07) Shadow
Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (Leader of the House of Commons) — Opposition Department (2015-05-20 to 2017-06-20) Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture and Sport) — Opposition Department (2010-06-15 to 2015-05-20) Shadow
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Constitution) — Opposition Department (2010-06-15 to 2015-05-20) Shadow
Shadow Spokesperson (Justice) — Ministry of Justice (2007-10-10 to 2010-05-06) Shadow
Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs) — Home Office (2007-10-10 to 2010-05-06) Shadow
Shadow Spokesperson (International Development) — Department for International Development (2005-05-10 to 2010-05-06) Shadow
Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office (2005-05-10 to 2007-10-10) Shadow
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2001-06-01 to 2007-06-01) Shadow
Shadow Spokesperson (Transport) — Department for Transport (2001-05-10 to 2005-05-05) Shadow
Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001-05-10 to 2005-05-05) Shadow
Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2001-05-10 to 2010-05-06) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Pete Wishart →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

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)

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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

Defence & foreign affairs

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)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Pete Wishart yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Pete Wishart has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£315,997.78 paid out to or for Pete Wishart across 204 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Pete Wishart’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £210,487.26 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £42,620.90 (171 claims)
Accommodation — £31,235.32 (14 claims)
MP Travel — £28,785.43 (8 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,833.38 (6 claims)
Dependant Travel — £1,035.49 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £127.10, 2026-04-22 — Water
Utilities — £136.14, 2026-04-22 — Electricity
Utilities — £153.44, 2026-04-22 — Gas
Utilities — £232.74, 2026-04-09 — Electricity
Utilities — £671.91, 2026-04-09 — Gas
Cleaning services — £100.00, 2026-04-09 — Perth office cleaning- Mar 26 [200013634-159]
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £121.54, 2026-03-25 — EE LIMITED [200013613-11678]
Newspapers, journals, magazines — £219.99, 2026-03-20 — DCT THE COURIER [200013613-13092]

Every claim on file for Pete Wishart →

Early Day Motions

Pete Wishart has tabled 2 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 19 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Pete Wishart personally tabled — not motions Pete Wishart may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Air Ambulance Week 2026 — tabled 2026-09-08, 16 sponsors
Glenfarg Community Transport — tabled 2026-06-10, 3 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Pete Wishart is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group — Vice Chair
Declared funding: UK Hospitality (£1,504); Marstons (£2,707); Heineken (£4,950); Asahi (£2,200) and 7 more.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Air Ambulances — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Writers — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (£6,001-7,500); Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (£6,001-7,500); Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (£9,001-10,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood — Vice Chair
Declared funding: The Haemophilia Society (£18,001-19,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Intellectual Property — Officer
Declared funding: Luther Pendragon Ltd (£7,501-9,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: UK Music (£1,501-3,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society — about £23,251.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Writers).

Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society — about £23,251.50, 1 group
The Haemophilia Society — about £18,750.50, 1 group
Luther Pendragon Ltd — about £8,250.50, 1 group
ABInBev — about £4,950.00, 1 group
Carlsberg Britvic — about £4,950.00, 1 group

Showing the top 5 of 15 funders.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Pete Wishart personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Pete Wishart is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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