UK Explained

Gordon and Buchan

Represented in Parliament by Harriet Cross (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Harriet Cross, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Gordon and Buchan compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 78 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £903£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 38 areas and lower than 610.

UK 3.9%This area 1.9%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Gordon and Buchan£9031.9%
East Renfrewshire£8961.9%
Didcot and Wantage£9082.0%
East Hampshire£8962.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
Harriet Cross

Conservative

MAJORITY
878

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Harriet Cross won with 33% of the votes, and Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Conservative33% · 14,418
Scottish National Party31% · 13,540
Liberal Democrat17% · 7,307
Labour11% · 4,686
Reform UK9% · 3,897
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harriet CrossConservative14,41832.9%
Richard ThomsonScottish National Party13,54030.9%
Conrad WoodLiberal Democrat7,30716.7%
Nurul AliLabour4,68610.7%
Kris CallanderReform UK3,8978.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£903 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.9%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026