1. Peter Wishart was born on 9 March 1962 and is a Scottish National Party politician and musician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Perth and Kinross-shire since 2024.
20 Facts About Pete Wishart
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Pete Wishart previously served as the MP for Perth and North Perthshire from 2005 to 2024 and North Tayside from 2001 to 2005.
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Pete Wishart has previously served as the SNP's Westminster Spokesperson for the Constitution and for Culture and Sport and Chief Whip.
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Pete Wishart is a former keyboard player of the Scottish Celtic rock bands Runrig and Big Country.
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Pete Wishart is a trained community worker and has been a director of the Fast Forward charity that promotes healthy lifestyles for young people.
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Pete Wishart was a member of the Scotland Against Drugs Campaign Committee and has contributed to many national forums looking at the problem of drugs within Scottish society.
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Pete Wishart was, for 15 years, a member of the Scottish group Runrig.
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Pete Wishart appeared on Kingfishers Catch Fire Radio Kampala with Clive Parker on the songs Bella and Battle Scars.
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Pete Wishart initially joined during a period when Big Country were a support act for Alice Cooper's tour.
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Pete Wishart was a performer on seven of Runrig's studio albums, from The Cutter and the Clan, to his last The Stamping Ground.
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Pete Wishart is a founder member of the parliamentary rock group MP4.
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Pete Wishart was first elected to the House of Commons at the 2001 general election, taking John Swinney's old seat of North Tayside.
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Pete Wishart has campaigned for copyright term extension and is a vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group.
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In November 2010, Pete Wishart suggested that Scottish football referees should declare which club sides they support.
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In January 2015, Pete Wishart secured and started a debate on the reform of the House of Lords.
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In 2016, Pete Wishart suggested to the House of Commons the possibility of the Palace of Westminster being turned into a tourist attraction and for Parliament to move to a more modern building.
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Pete Wishart said publicly, in September 2017, that because voters were "weary of constitutional change" there should be no second referendum on Scottish independence for that parliament, but that the SNP should seek a mandate for a new one in the 2021 Scottish parliament election.
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In October 2017, Pete Wishart told an Institute of Economic Affairs conference that federalism for the UK should be welcomed "as part of that conversation" in Scotland, although he stressed federalism would not see Scotland "equal to some region of England".
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In January 2018, Pete Wishart drew media attention for holding up a placard which read "nul points" in the House of Commons, after having asked Prime Minister Theresa May how she would rate her government's handling of Brexit from one to ten.
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Pete Wishart concluded that he did not have "sufficient support" to run for the Depute Leadership of the Scottish National Party.