Member of Parliament

Harriet Cross

At a glanceHarriet Cross is a Conservative MP for Gordon and Buchan, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons). They have cast 377 votes in Commons divisions (66% attendance), tabled 235 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.

Votes cast377

Attendance66%

Voted Aye185

Voted No192

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Harriet Cross did not vote in 157. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.

Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Biographyfrom Parliament

Harriet Cross is the Conservative MP for Gordon and Buchan, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
She currently undertakes the role of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).

Current roles5 held

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee since 9 Jun 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) Opposition post · Whips Office (Commons) since 18 Nov 2024
Scottish Affairs Committee Committee since 21 Oct 2024
Gordon and Buchan Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Conservative Party since 4 Jul 2024

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026	No
15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots	No
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	Aye
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	Aye
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	Aye
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026	No
7 Jul 2026	Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners	Aye
6 Jul 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026	No
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026	No
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026	No

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

Bradley Thomas Conservative 100.0% · 364 of 364 shared votes
Rebecca Harris Conservative 100.0% · 353 of 353 shared votes
Lewis Cocking Conservative 100.0% · 351 of 351 shared votes
Greg Smith Conservative 100.0% · 349 of 349 shared votes
Edward Argar Conservative 100.0% · 345 of 345 shared votes

Votes least like

Michael Payne Labour 0.7% · 2 of 299 shared votes
Emily Thornberry Labour 1.0% · 2 of 194 shared votes
Bambos Charalambous Labour 1.1% · 3 of 283 shared votes
Steve Reed Labour (Co-op) 1.2% · 2 of 163 shared votes
Kerry McCarthy Labour 1.3% · 4 of 317 shared votes

Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

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Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1

London Marathon Events Ltd - £350.00 (registered 3 Jul 2025)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions235 tabled

Rescue Services 15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will specify which Minister in each government department holds responsibility for oversight of the operations of Mountain Rescue services; and if the Government will consider designating a single ministe

Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.

Bank Services 14 Jul 2026 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government would consider establishing a minimum standard for access to in-person banking services, following the Access to Banking Services Review; and what role the Post Office network could play in me

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

The Government is committed to ensuring that people who need in-person banking can continue to access essential services.That is why the Government commissioned an independent Review into Access to Banking Services, to assess whether changes to access to ...

Bank Services: Post Offices 14 Jul 2026 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government's Access to Banking Services Review is making of the role that the Post Office's network of branches could play in providing access to in-person banking services for people who are dig

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

Livestock: Antibiotics and Disease Control 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the the potential benefits of introducing an initiative to provide livestock farmers with practical guidance on disease prevention and

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

Defra supports livestock farmers in England to improve disease prevention, biosecurity and the responsible use of antibiotics through existing initiatives, including the Animal Health and Welfare Review and the Poultry Biosecurity Review. The Department c...

Offshore Industry: North Sea 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of changes in North Sea oil and gas activity on the north-east of Scotland.

Answer · 21 Jul 2026

The North Sea basin is mature and in long-term decline, with oil and gas production falling by around 75% between 1999 and 2024. This has affected employment and investment in oil and gas, particularly in north-east Scotland. Britain is well-placed to mob...

Agriculture: Water Supply 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the resilience of agricultural water supplies during prolonged dry weather.

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

The Environment Agency (EA) and Defra are holding monthly National Drought Group meetings gathering intelligence from the agriculture sector on water resilience. Supplies in irrigation reservoirs have rapidly declined following a dry spring and many are n...

Crime: Rural Areas 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the cost of rural crime to farming businesses.

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. The Government is committed to tackling rural crime and safeguarding rural communities. That is why we have worked closely with the Home Office and the National P...

Farmers: Surveys 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department undertakes research or collects data on confidence among farmers and agricultural businesses.

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

Defra publishes various measures of farmer confidence, including a summary of free text comments by theme, collected via the Farmer Opinion Tracker. The latest results are published here and the next set of results will be available on the same page on 29...

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Speeches in the chamber434 on record

14 Jul 2026 Business of the House

The right hon. Member for Makerfield (Andy Burnham) was elected less than a month ago. He will be Prime Minister on Monday, by which time we will be on an almost 50-day recess. He will be appointing a Cabinet in that time, some of whom wil…

14 Jul 2026 Support for Pig Farmers

Given that there is a Division in the House, I will keep this very short. I thank everyone for participating in the debate. I hope the Minister’s meetings will be constructive. I ask him to go in with an open mind and listen to what the N…

14 Jul 2026 Support for Pig Farmers

13 August is obviously a very important date, because it is when the fair dealing regulations come in. There have been warnings from the sector that that sort of thing will happen and about why it is so important. I ask the Minister for a …

14 Jul 2026 Support for Pig Farmers

I beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for pig farmers. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank Members for coming to the debate. To say that the UK’s pig industry is worr…

8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care

Community care, which my hon. Friend has just touched on, is still important, particularly in preventing the need for corridor care. Insch War Memorial hospital, in my constituency, has been earmarked for closure, which is completely wrong…

7 Jul 2026 Topical Questions

Just this year, Norway has opened up a licensing round for 70 new oil and gas blocks. It is reopening three old gas fields and has permitted development plans for three new fields. Meanwhile, this Government are still banning licences, tax…

2 Jul 2026 Farming Sector: International Trade

Farm profitability in the UK is incredibly low. As we know, for many farms it is less than 1%. Reports show that a poorly negotiated and poorly implemented sanitary and phytosanitary agreement could see a 10% hit to profitability for our a…

24 Jun 2026 Climate Change

My hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South (Douglas Lumsden) was returned on 50% of the vote because of the people who actually feel this. The jobs of the residents of Aberdeen South and north-east Scotland are being lost, daily and mont…

24 Jun 2026 Climate Change

I am sure the hon. Lady has a gotcha for me on that one. I believe it has either not set a target or it is 20 years, but I could not tell her which.

24 Jun 2026 Climate Change

I will use my time to draw attention to parts of the impact assessment, because we are, after all, debating the carbon budget. First, this budget allows for 37% of our energy consumption by 2040 still to come from oil and gas. The Clima…

24 Jun 2026 Climate Change

This is incredibly frustrating. Scrutiny is not the same as climate change denial. Asking questions on behalf of our constituents, industries, households and businesses that will front the costs of this measure is not climate change denial…

24 Jun 2026 Climate Change

Will the Minister give way?