Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

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 Garioch ¹ (majority - excluding Kemnay), East Garioch ¹ (majority - excluding Blackburn), Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford ¹ (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

General election 2024: Gordon and Buchan ^{[5] [6]}

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

1. "28 June 2023 – 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
2. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
4. "New Seat Details – Gordon and Buchan". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
5. "Gordon and Buchan results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
6. "Results Gordon and Buchan". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

External links

• Gordon and Buchan UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK