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Wishart, Beatrice

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Wishart, Beatrice
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Wishart, Beatrice

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Liberal Democrats Shetland Islands

Politically, you're most like McArthur, Liam LD — similarity 73.5/100.

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Divisions voted in
1,319
last on 24 Mar 2026
Party alignment
99.5%
0.5% rebellion
Attendance
90.0%
147 "Not Voted" of 1,466 divisions present
Motions lodged
170
693 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,553
621 chamber · 932 committee
Allowances claimed
£280,963
1,393 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·138 stage ·133 time ·109 question ·104 portfolio ·73 subordinate ·61 legislation ·61 rural ·57 salmon ·49 farming ·49 communities ·44 natural ·43
Recent motions & questions
Recent rebellions

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
170
Carried
0
Defeated
3
Not divided
167

Of the 3 motions that went to a vote, 0.0% were carried.

Closest voting allies

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

Furthest apart on votes

MSPs they vote against most often.

MSPs like this one

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

island areas tunnels muirburn saxavord rural island brain tumour covid food nation northern isles tumour lerwick saxavord spaceport
Voting drift across sessions

Rebellion rate (vs party majority) per session.

0.0%
S5 · LD
0.6%
S6 · LD
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
    08 Apr 2026
  2. ⌂
    Stood down from Shetland Islands (Dissolution)
    08 Apr 2026
  3. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    08 Apr 2026
  4. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as Deputy Convener
    01 Feb 2023
  5. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
    01 Feb 2023
  6. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee as Deputy Convener
    01 Sep 2021
  7. ☷
    Left Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
    01 Sep 2021
  8. ☷
    Joined Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee as Member
    31 Aug 2021
  9. ☷
    Left Education, Children and Young People Committee
    31 Aug 2021
  10. ☷
    Joined Education, Children and Young People Committee as Member
    17 Jun 2021
  11. ⌂
    Started representing Shetland Islands
    06 May 2021
  12. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    06 May 2021
  13. ☷
    Left COVID-19 Committee
    04 May 2021
  14. ☷
    Left Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee
    04 May 2021
  15. ☷
    Left Equalities and Human Rights Committee
    04 May 2021
  16. ☷
    Left Health and Sport Committee
    04 May 2021
  17. ☷
    Left Education and Skills Committee
    04 May 2021
  18. ⌂
    Stood down from Shetland Islands (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  19. –
    Left Scottish Liberal Democrats
    04 May 2021
  20. ☷
    Joined COVID-19 Committee as Member
    21 Apr 2020
  21. ☷
    Joined Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee as Member
    05 Feb 2020
  22. ☷
    Joined Equalities and Human Rights Committee as Substitute Member
    25 Sep 2019
  23. ☷
    Joined Health and Sport Committee as Substitute Member
    18 Sep 2019
  24. ☷
    Joined Education and Skills Committee as Member
    10 Sep 2019
  25. ⌂
    Started representing Shetland Islands
    29 Aug 2019
  26. +
    Joined Scottish Liberal Democrats
    29 Aug 2019
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
Committee & government roles

Committee

Allowance — vs. party average (2025)

Per-category claim total for this MSP compared to the average per-MSP total inside their party for the same year. Positive = above party average.

Category MSP Party avg Difference
MSP & staff travel £11,687 £5,057 +£6,630
Edinburgh accommodation £11,769 £10,014 +£1,755
Office costs £4,708 £5,763 −£1,056
Engagement costs £2,100 £4,238 −£2,138
Registered interests

36 total · showing most recent.

  • Voluntary · 01 Jun 2021
    I am a Trustee for Shetland Women's Aid
  • Voluntary · 01 Jun 2021
    Until 1 March 2022, when I stood down, I was a Trustee for Shetland Women's Aid. [Amended interest 1 March 2022, Ceased interest 1 March 2022]
  • Voluntary · 01 Jun 2021
    [Ceased interest removed from entry: 1 March 2023]
  • Voluntary · 01 Jun 2021
    [Ceased interest removed from entry: 1 March 2023]
  • Controlled transactions · 01 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Controlled transactions · 01 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Controlled transactions · 01 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
  • Controlled transactions · 01 Jun 2021
    No registrable interests
Career timeline

Party

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