Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gordon and Buchan
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Aberdeenshire
Major settlements Kintore, Inverurie, Huntly, Ellon, Oldmeldrum
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Harriet Cross (Conservative)
SeatsOne
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.

Contents

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]

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

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Harriet Cross Scottish Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Gordon and Buchan [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harriet Cross 14,418 32.9 −13.1
SNP Richard Thomson 13,54030.9−8.3
Liberal Democrats Conrad Wood7,30716.7+5.4
Labour Nurul Hoque Ali4,68610.7+7.2
Reform UK Kris Callander3,8978.9N/A
Rejected ballots166
Majority8782.0
Turnout 44,01463.2
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.