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Pete Wishart
Scottish National Party MP for Perth and North Perthshire
- Also represented North Tayside
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Pete Wishart voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Culture Media and Sport, Scotland, Defence, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Expenditure, Scotland, Press Releases, Departmental ICT, Asylum: Finance
(based on written questions asked by Pete Wishart and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.
- Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 9 — Conversion of civil partnership into marriage (21 May 2013)
“I am grateful to the Minister for giving way on these devolution matters and for the work the Government have done to ensure that we have our own separate legislation for same-sex marriage. Can she assure me that she will do all she can to work with Scottish Ministers and ensure that everything required for a legislative consent motion will be approved by the UK Government so that we can go...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“Two thousand five hundred a year.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
“I strongly object to what the hon. Gentleman is suggesting—that we in Scotland could not care less about marriage. We have had 2,500 humanist weddings per year. Marriage is important to people in Scotland. The only thing we want to do is extend it to people who love each other.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 57 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 41 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 51.03% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
Note SNP MPs do not vote on legislation not affecting Scotland. - People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 426 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,900 (288th) | £21,737 (301st) | £19,101 (417th) | £18,018 | £19,200 (351st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £18,198 (417th) | £15,833 (joint 205th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £23,364 (78th) | £24,165 (66th) | £19,331 (411th) | £21,238 | £13,520 (542nd) | £17,866 (476th) | £16,068 (516th) | £20,842 (141st) |
| Staffing costs | £97,871 (241st) | £76,669 (570th) | £77,724 (507th) | £63,857 | £65,110 (542nd) | £61,195 (579th) | £61,029 (496th) | £34,005 (600th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,784 (320th) | £10,297 (107th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £23,149 (11th)1 | £24,609 (6th)2 | £22,009 (15th)3 | £19,480 | £22,419 (35th) | £24,003 (27th) | £20,580 (42nd) | £17,287 (36th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £930 (84th) | £4,168 (3rd) | £2,980 (9th) | £3,693 | £3,694 (12th) | £3,597 (8th) | £1,030 (167th) | £6,064 (1st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,806 (197th) | £1,204 (151st) | £1,349 (joint 184th with 1 other) | £1,289 | £1,620 (153rd) | £1,906 (80th) | £2,091 (joint 76th with 1 other) | £1,820 (103rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,838 (147th) | £3,626 (224th) | £4,228 | £3,931 (193rd) | £6,795 (59th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,159 (joint 397th with 2 others) | £1,022 (joint 378th with 3 others) | £1,022 | £1,912 (277th) | £1,912 (272nd) | £1,912 (269th) | £1,912 (254th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £178,804 (21st) | £167,846 (24th) | £147,142 (134th) | £132,825 | £131,406 (joint 162nd with 1 other) | £137,607 (43rd) | £120,908 (146th) | £97,763 (119th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,492 (128th). Rail £2,190 (336th). Air £14,649 (11th). Misc £1,602 (13th). Other: European £216 (131st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,247 (185th). Rail £1,998 (354th). Air £16,470 (5th). Misc £1,144 (26th). Other: European £750 (75th).
3 Car £6,209 (63rd). Rail £1,894 (343rd). Air £13,906 (16th).