Pete Wishart
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Pete Wishart MP |
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Wishart in 2012
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| SNP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
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Assumed office 20 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Chair of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee | |
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Assumed office 19 June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Davidson |
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Member of Parliament for Perth and North Perthshire Tayside North (2001–2005) |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | John Swinney |
| Majority | 9,641 (17.8%) |
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9 March 1962 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Moray House College of Education |
| Profession | Musician; community worker |
| Website | www.petewishartmp.com |
| Pete Wishart | |
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| Born | 9 March 1962 |
| Origin | Scotland |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Associated acts |
Big Country Runrig MP4 |
Peter Wishart (born 9 March 1962) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and musician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth and North Perthshire since 2005. He was previously the MP for North Tayside from 2001.
He is currently the SNP Shadow Leader of the House in the House of Commons and the chair of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee. He has previously served as the SNP's Westminster Spokesperson for the Constitution and for Culture and Sport and Chief Whip.
Wishart is the former keyboard player of the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig.
Born in Dunfermline in 1962, Wishart was educated at Queen Anne High School Dunfermline and Moray House College, Edinburgh. Wishart lives in Perth and has one son and enjoys walking in the Perthshire hills. Wishart is a trained Community Worker and has been a Director of the Fast Forward charity that promotes healthy lifestyles for young people. He 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.
Wishart was for 15 years a member of the Scottish group Runrig, and was the first MP to have appeared on the TV show Top of the Pops. Before Runrig, he had been in one of the lineups of Big Country. Wishart is a founder member of the parliamentary rock group MP4. The other members are Ian Cawsey (bass guitar and vocals), Greg Knight MP (drums) and Kevin Brennan MP (lead guitar and vocals).
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