The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 77,261 · 2023 boundaries

Perth and Kinross-shire.

Scottish National Party MP Pete Wishart holds the seat on 37.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentPete Wishart · Scottish National Party
CouncilPerth and Kinross
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000103
Electorate · 2024
77.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
37.8%
Scottish National Party · +8.2pp over Con
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

At 29% voting participation -- well below the Commons average of around 60% -- Pete Wishart is one of Westminster's lower-attenders, a pattern consistent with the SNP's long-standing position that Scottish affairs are better decided in Holyrood. When he does vote, he follows his party without exception: a 100% party-line record across 148 votes. His most notable recent action was backing a motion to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Peter Mandelson appointment, a move he publicly supported with sharp language -- he is quoted describing the situation as one Starmer cannot survive.

His parliamentary footprint is built more through speech than votes. Wishart has made 386 contributions across 129 debates, with his heaviest focus on economy and jobs, immigration, and culture. On immigration he has been active in both directions: opposing the government's asylum support regulations as punitive, while intervening locally to resolve a Ukrainian family's visa crisis in Crieff. His stance profile confirms this pattern -- 18% aligned with immigration-control measures, 80% with welfare expansion. He deviates from his SNP colleagues most sharply on Lords override motions, voting to support government pension powers his party largely resisted, and is notably more aligned with pension protection than the SNP average.

Local news coverage over the past 90 days skews toward cost-of-living concerns -- passport fee rises, energy costs -- where Wishart has been vocal and media-visible. Coverage on his broader parliamentary performance is more mixed. He holds no committee seats, which limits his influence on detailed scrutiny work. Participation data comes from TheyWorkForYou; news sentiment is drawn from recent UK coverage.

37.8%
SNP vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
7
Wards · 24 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.7 wards · 24 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Almond Earn(3 seats)Illingworth · Smith · Frampton3,251Perth and Kinross IndMay 2022
Carse Of Gowrie(3 seats)Bailey · Forbes · Harvey3,243Perth and Kinross IndMay 2022
Kinross Shire(4 seats)Cuthbert · Freshwater · Watters · Robertson4,686Perth and Kinross IndMay 2022
Perth City Centre(4 seats)Parrott · Ahern · Drysdale · Barrett4,143Perth and Kinross IndMay 2022
Perth City North(3 seats)Leishman · Massie · Rebbeck2,438Perth and Kinross IndMay 2022
Perth City South(4 seats)Chan · Macpherson · Barrett · McCole5,765Perth and Kinross IndMay 2022
Strathearn(3 seats)Khogali · Brock · Donaldson3,643Perth and Kinross IndMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.8% Female 51.2% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£27,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£36,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,865
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
1
0 primary · 0 secondary

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£337m
Taxpayers59,000
Median per taxpayer£2,760
Mean per taxpayer£5,730

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Pete WishartWONSNP18,92837.8
Luke GrahamCon14,80129.6
Graham CoxLab9,01818.0
Amanda ClarkLD3,6817.3
Helen McDadeRef2,9705.9
Sally HughesInd6791.4

Turnout 50,077

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission