Gordon and Buchan
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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Gordon and Buchan is a constituency in Aberdeenshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[2] Following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It has been represented since then by Harriet Cross of the Scottish Conservatives; she defeated the Richard Thomson of the Scottish National Party (SNP), who was the MP for the predecessor constituency of Gordon from 2019 to 2024.
| Gordon and Buchan | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
Location within Scotland | |
| Subdivision | Aberdeenshire |
| Electorate | 70,238 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Kintore, Inverurie, Huntly, Ellon, Oldmeldrum |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Harriet Cross (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Banff and Buchan & Gordon |
The constituency name refers to the former Scottish districts of Gordon and Buchan.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the following wards or part wards of Aberdeenshire Council:[3][4]
- In full: Turriff and District, Mid Formartine, Ellon and District, Inverurie and District.
- In part: Central Buchan (minority, comprising southwestern areas), West Garioch1 (majority, excluding Kemnay), East Garioch1 (majority, excluding Blackburn), Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford1 (majority, excluding Alford).
1 The boundary within these wards is equivalent to the boundary between the former Gordon constituency and the unchanged West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency.
The seat is made up of those parts of the abolished constituency of Gordon which were in Aberdeenshire Council plus a minority of the abolished Banff and Buchan constituency (inland areas including Turriff).[5]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Harriet Cross | Scottish Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Harriet Cross | 14,418 | 32.9 | −13.1 | |
| SNP | Richard Thomson | 13,540 | 30.9 | −8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conrad Wood | 7,307 | 16.7 | +5.4 | |
| Labour | Nurul Hoque Ali | 4,686 | 10.7 | +7.2 | |
| Reform | Kris Callander | 3,897 | 8.9 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 166 | ||||
| Majority | 878 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 43,848 | 63.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.4 | |||
Elections in the 2010s (notional)
| 2019 notional result[a][8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 21,874 | 46.0 | |
| SNP | 18,650 | 39.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,401 | 11.3 | |
| Labour | 1,666 | 3.5 | |
| Majority | 3,224 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | 47,591 | 67.8 | |
| Electorate | 70,238 | ||
Notes
- Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place