Voting Record — Pete Wishart MP, Perth and North Perthshire (11333)

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Perth and North Perthshire	6 May 2010	still in office	SNP	2 votes out of 408, 0.5%	408 votes out of 800, 51.0%	26 times
Perth and North Perthshire	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	SNP	14 votes out of 647, 2.2%	647 votes out of 1288, 50.2%	12 times
North Tayside	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	SNP	0 votes out of 605, 0.0%	605 votes out of 1246, 48.6%	25 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Pete Wishart	SNP Vote	Rôle
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Communities and Local Government — Clause 11 — Payments to electricity suppliers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 May 2013	Economic Growth	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Apr 2013	Finance (No. 2) Bill — Part 2 — Devolution of Wales Long Haul Rates of Duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	53. Air Passenger Duty (Rates of Duty from 1 April 2013)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Mar 2013	Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill — New Clause 1 — Report	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Mar 2013	Justice — Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Feb 2013	Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Dec 2012	Justice and Security Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Dec 2012	Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal) — Clause 9 — Pension age	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Nov 2012	Bill Presented — Energy Bill — Backbench Business — Scotland and the Union	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Oct 2012	Home Department — Clause 1 — Expenditure on financial assistance for the provision of infrastructure	both	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the house (Tuesdays) (7.00 pm to 10.00 pm)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Mar 2012	Procedure (Future Taxation: Rates of Income Tax)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	31 Jan 2012	Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill — Electricity Generation (Wales)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2011	Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Half Day] — Public Sector Pensions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jun 2011	Armed Forces Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — New Clause 15 — Defence statistics	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Mar 2011	Amendment of the Law — 8. Increase in rate of supplementary charge	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Mar 2011	Financial Services (Regulation of Derivatives) — New Clause 10 — Crown Estate	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Mar 2011	Financial Services (Regulation of Derivatives) — New Clause 3 — Maritime policy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 32 — Borrowing by the Scottish Ministers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 26 — Scottish rate of income tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 24 — Taxation: introductory	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Nov 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Four Year Fixed Term	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Nov 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — 2014 General Election	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — New Clause 20 — Combination of polls	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Date of referendum on the alternative vote system	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jun 2010	Queen's Speech — Inclusion of Nuclear Deterrent in Strategic Defence Review	tellaye	aye	Teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Advisory Committee on Works of Art
House	Date	Subject	Pete Wishart	SNP Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Deferred divisions — Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Jul 2009	Justice — Issue of Writ	tellno	no	Teller
13 Jul 2009	Stopped being Spokesperson (Overseas Aid; Culture, Media & Sport),
Commons	10 Jun 2009	Immediate General Election — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 May 2009	Bill Presented — Clause 20 — Bingo duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 May 2009	Bill Presented — Clause 16 — Rates and rebates from September 2009	tellaye	aye	Teller
14 Jan 2009	Became a member of the Advisory Committee on Works of Art
7 Jan 2009	Became Spokesperson (Overseas Aid; Culture, Media & Sport),
7 Jan 2009	Stopped being Spokesperson (Overseas Aid; Culture, Media & Sport; Ministry of Justice),
25 Nov 2008	Became a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
25 Nov 2008	Stopped being a member of the Administration Committee
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 15 — Rates of vehicle excise duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 6 — Rate etc	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jan 2008	Communities and Local Government — National Lottery	tellno	no	Teller
29 Aug 2007	Became Spokesperson (Overseas Aid; Culture, Media & Sport; Ministry of Justice),
29 Aug 2007	Stopped being Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs; Overseas Aid; Culture, Media & Sport),
29 Aug 2007	Stopped being Chief Whip,
Commons	25 Jul 2007	Machinery of Government	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Feb 2007	Prayers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Iraq — Select committee inquiry — rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Iraq — Select committee inquiry — to be set up	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy	Majority	aye	Rebel
2 Aug 2006	Became Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs; Overseas Aid; Culture, Media & Sport),
16 Jan 2006	Stopped being Spokesperson (Culture, Media & Sport; Highlands & Islands; Local Government & the Regions; Transport),
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Administration Committee
Commons	28 Jun 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Money	tellno	no	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Mr Pete Wishart	SNP Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Catering Committee
Commons	22 Mar 2005	Budget Resolutions 2005 — Corporation Tax (Charge and Rate for 2006)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	20 Jul 2004	Energy Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Jun 2004	Nomination of Select Committees	tellno	no	Teller
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Catering Committee
Commons	23 Mar 2004	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 36. Construction industry scheme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 2004	Young People and Democracy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 2004	Iraq — Attorney-General's Advice	tellaye	aye	Teller
19 Jan 2004	Became Spokesperson (Culture, Media & Sport; Highlands & Islands; Local Government & the Regions; Transport),
19 Jan 2004	Became Chief Whip,
Commons	8 Jan 2004	Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees — PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 May 2003	Finance Bill — New Clause 1 — Rate of Duty on Spirits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Budget Resolutions — Corporation Tax (Charge And Rate For 2004)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 2003	European Parliament (Representation) Bill — Clause 2 — Electoral Commission Recommendations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Jan 2003	Lord Chancellor's Department	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Dec 2002	Communications Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Jun 2002	House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 May 2002	Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Apr 2002	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Mar 2002	Office of Communications Bill [Lords] — Schedule — Further Provision About OFCOM	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Mar 2002	Office of Communications Bill [Lords] — New Clause 4 — OFCOM offices in Wales and Scotland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Nuclear Power — Confidence in planning process in Scotland and Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Nuclear Power — Planning decisions should be taken in Scotland and Wales — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Steel Industry	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Steel Industry	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Feb 2002	Proceeds of Crime Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 447 — Orders and regulations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Treasury	tellaye	aye	Teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
0%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
83%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
19%	Control Orders
0%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
1%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
58%	European Union - For
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
50%	Fox hunting - Ban
53%	Fully Elected House of Lords
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
73%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
8%	Identity cards - For introduction
21%	Increase VAT
0%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
99%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0%	Nuclear power - For
1%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
14%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
86%	Post office closures - against
38%	Privatise Royal Mail
71%	Promote Occupational Pensions
100%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
5%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
37%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
53%	Smoking ban - In favour
96%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
14%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
1%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92%	University education fees - Should be free
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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Voting Record — Pete Wishart MP, Perth and North Perthshire (11333)

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