What estimate she has made of compliance costs incurred by businesses as a result of Making Tax Digital requirements.
Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensMP · Conservative and Unionist Party · Sitting since 4 Jul 2024
Harriet Cross.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP for Gordon and Buchan.
Commons votes
387/526
74% attendance · top 49% of MPs
Party alignment
53%
on whipped divisions
Speeches
511
across 208 debates · 71,780 words
Written Qs
215
208 answered · 7 pending
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026
3 Jun 2026
Aligned with their council.
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).
By issue — what do they vote on most?
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Notable votes — free votes & rebellions.
Moments where the whip was free, or where Cross broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Words spoken, by topic.
Con avg / MP All-MP avgper topic, words per MP
Source · Hansard
Recent contributions.
18 May
Backing Business to Create Economic Growth
“Oil and gas sector losses of £67 billion due to energy profits levy and licence ban demonstrate Government hostility to growth in north-east Scotland and UK.”
14 May
Getting Britain Working Again
“Challenging McFadden on whether national insurance contributions and employment rights legislation have harmed youth employment, forcing Government to subsidise young people's wage…”
27 Apr
Draft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026
“While not opposing the scheme, the Conservatives argue the four-week delay is unexplained, question why redistribution penalises households marginally above eligibility thresholds,…”
20 Apr
Higher Education: Freedom of Speech
“The scheme is welcome but insufficient because students cannot complain directly to the Office for Students, as illustrated by the Brodie Mitchell case.”
Current memberships.
Select, joint and other committees Cross currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Affairs Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
What this means.
Committee member
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Cross sits on one.
Top departments asked.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury | 78 | 36.3% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 49 | 22.8% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 26 | 12.1% |
| Department for Transport | 15 | 7.0% |
| Scotland Office | 11 | 5.1% |
| Cabinet Office | 6 | 2.8% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 6 | 2.8% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 6 | 2.8% |
Most recent.
What assessment has been made, through Great British Energy – Nuclear’s siting study into new nuclear development in Scotland, of Scotland’s suitability to host both Small Modular Reactors and gigawatt-scale nuclear reactors.
Awaiting answer.
Whether the target of 600,000 annual heat pump installations by 2028 will be met.
Awaiting answer.
How much has been spent to date on the development and roll-out of Making Tax Digital; and what the projected cost is for completing that programme.
Awaiting answer.
Register of interests.
London Marathon Events Ltd 27 April 2025 |
Source · Members API · Last amended 15 Jul 2025
IPSA expenses.
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 127,460 | 71.4% |
| Accommodation | 21,144 | 11.8% |
| MP Travel | 19,966 | 11.2% |
| Office Costs | 9,227 | 5.2% |
| Staff Travel | 816 | 0.5% |
| Total · 129 claims | 178,612 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Cross on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gordon and Buchan | 14,418 | 32.9% | Won |
2024 — full result, Gordon and Buchan.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet CrossWON | Con | 14,418 | 32.9 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Gordon and Buchan →
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
DivisionsHansard
The Public Whip
Updated 3 Jun 2026
The Public Whip
Updated 3 Jun 2026
SpeechesHansard · 71,780 words
18 Jul 2024 → 2 Jun 2026
18 Jul 2024 → 2 Jun 2026
Written QsMembers API
215 tabled · 208 answered
215 tabled · 208 answered
CommitteesCommittees API
1 current
1 current
RegisterMembers API
1 entries
1 entries
ExpensesIPSA
£178,612 · FY 24_25
£178,612 · FY 24_25
Order paperUK Parliament
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ElectionsElectoral Commission
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