Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordon and Buchan is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It has been represented since 2024 by Conservative Harriet Cross; she defeated the SNP's Richard Thomson, who was 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 | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Aberdeenshire |
| 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:[2][3]
- In full: Turriff and District, Mid Fromartine, 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).[4]
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 UK | Kris Callander | 3,897 | 8.9 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 166 | ||||
| Majority | 878 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 44,014 | 63.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
External links
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