Peter Wishart
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Peter Wishart (born 9 March 1962) is a Scottish politician, and is Scottish National Party (SNP) member of Parliament for Perth and North Perthshire. He was first elected in 2001, taking John Swinney's old seat of North Tayside.
Wishart was previously a member of the band Runrig and is the first MP to have appeared on the TV show Top of the Pops. Since arriving at Westminster, he has served as the SNP's Chief Whip, in which role he has pressed the government for greater parliamentary rights, such as better representation on committees, for both the SNP and other minority parties.
In the light of the sharp reduction in the number of Scottish MPs at Westminster, Wishart's former constituency was abolished in a radical boundary revision, and at the 2005 election he won the new constituency of Perth and North Perthshire for the SNP.
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Peter Wishart MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-7054,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Pete Wishart MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/pete_wishart/perth_and_perthshire_north)