About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Harriet Cross) represents you, and all of the people who live in Gordon and Buchan, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Gordon and Buchan

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
• Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
• Energy: Meters
• Workplace Pensions: Public Sector
• Independent Review of the Loan Charge

Currently held offices

• Member, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (since 20 Mar 2025)
• Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (since 18 Nov 2024)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Bill Committee (22 Jan 2025 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee ( 4 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024)
• Member, Great British Energy Bill Committee (11 Sep 2024 to 15 Oct 2024)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Crime and Policing Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Great British Energy Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill 25 Apr 2025

  The Secretary of State mentions depopulation in rural areas of Scotland and deskilling. North-east Scotland—as I am sure he is aware, because we have mentioned it more than once in this Chamber—is facing exactly that because of Labour’s policies on the North sea. Skills are being driven abroad at an unimaginable rate compared with the rest of the UK. We are depopulating and deskilling...

• Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill 25 Apr 2025

  I thank the hon. Member for giving way and for bringing forward this debate, which is interesting if nothing else. How does the SNP suggest we encourage people to live in Scotland, and particularly rural Scotland, given that anyone in Scotland earning over £28,500 pays more income tax; local government has a £760 billion-odd shortfall, which affects rural communities more, given how money...

• North Sea Oil and Gas Workers: Transitional Support — [Sir Desmond Swayne in the Chair] 23 Apr 2025

  It is estimated that Jackdaw could provide 5% of the UK’s gas needs. Would the hon. Member, and the Liberal Democrats, prefer that we imported that LNG from elsewhere instead?

More of Harriet Cross’s recent appearances

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