MP4 (band)

MP4
Greg Knight, Ian Cawsey, Pete Wishart and Kevin Brennan
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom (Parliament of the United Kingdom)
Genres	Rock
Years active	2004- (2004-)
Members	Greg Knight, Ian Cawsey, Pete Wishart and Kevin Brennan

MP4 is a rock band made up of four British Members of Parliament.

The band was founded as MP3 in 2004 by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party, Perth and North Perthshire) on keyboards, Ian Cawsey (The former Labour MP, Brigg and Goole) on bass guitar and vocals, and Sir Greg Knight (Conservative, East Yorkshire) on drums. They were later joined by Kevin Brennan (Labour, Cardiff West) on guitar, and changed their name to reflect this. Wishart was previously keyboardist with Runrig and Big Country. Along with David Morris (Conservative, Morecambe and Lunedale) Wishart is one of only two current MPs to have appeared on Top of the Pops.

The band first came to media attention in 2003, when the project was described as being in its "early stages".

Three of the four members were re-elected at the 2010 General Election but bassist Ian Cawsey lost his seat. He remains a band member however, and the group has indicated they intend to continue with the same line-up.

At the 2017 General Election Brennan, Knight and Wishart were all re-elected to the House of Commons. Cawsey did not stand at the election.

In 2005, MP4 recorded an EP entitled House Music, which was initially released as a download by EMI, and later in CD format by Busy Bee Records. The EP features cover versions of the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" and Steve Earle's "My Old Friend the Blues", along with the Brennan-penned original "Foolish Game".