Perth and Kinross-shire.
Scottish National Party MP Pete Wishart holds the seat on 37.8% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almond Earn(3 seats) | Illingworth · Smith · Frampton | 3,251 | Perth and Kinross Ind | May 2022 |
| Carse Of Gowrie(3 seats) | Bailey · Forbes · Harvey | 3,243 | Perth and Kinross Ind | May 2022 |
| Kinross Shire(4 seats) | Cuthbert · Freshwater · Watters · Robertson | 4,686 | Perth and Kinross Ind | May 2022 |
| Perth City Centre(4 seats) | Parrott · Ahern · Drysdale · Barrett | 4,143 | Perth and Kinross Ind | May 2022 |
| Perth City North(3 seats) | Leishman · Massie · Rebbeck | 2,438 | Perth and Kinross Ind | May 2022 |
| Perth City South(4 seats) | Chan · Macpherson · Barrett · McCole | 5,765 | Perth and Kinross Ind | May 2022 |
| Strathearn(3 seats) | Khogali · Brock · Donaldson | 3,643 | Perth and Kinross Ind | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Headline indicators.
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Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £337m |
| Taxpayers | 59,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,760 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £5,730 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Perth and Kinross. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete WishartWON | SNP | 18,928 | 37.8 |
| Luke Graham | Con | 14,801 | 29.6 |
| Graham Cox | Lab | 9,018 | 18.0 |
| Amanda Clark | LD | 3,681 | 7.3 |
| Helen McDade | Ref | 2,970 | 5.9 |
| Sally Hughes | Ind | 679 | 1.4 |
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
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo