Harriet Cross MP: votes, interests and costs
Harriet Cross (Conservative) is the MP for Gordon and Buchan, elected on 4 July 2024. The Members API lists the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 31 August 2026.
Offices and committees
Harriet Cross holds these 2 posts, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | Scotland Office | 31 August 2026 | Current |
| Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero) | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 31 August 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 18 November 2024 | 31 August 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 12 November 2025 | 4 December 2025 |
| Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill | 9 June 2025 | 11 June 2025 |
| Crime and Policing Bill | 20 March 2025 | 13 May 2025 |
| Finance Bill | 22 January 2025 | 30 January 2025 |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill | 4 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
| Great British Energy Bill | 11 September 2024 | 15 October 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 71d4ecf96fde.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Harriet Cross when read on 27 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Harriet Cross's 2024-25 staffing spend as £126,974 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £9,712 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £126,974.28 |
| Office costs: spent | £9,711.89 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,143.65 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £20,782.40 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Gordon and Buchan CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Press Officer (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Harriet Cross is recorded voting in 452 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 46 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 247 written questions from Harriet Cross since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Treasury; Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Transport; and others.
Natural Gas: Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the hierarchy is for loadshedding or supply curtailment in the event of a National Gas Supply Emergency; and what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications of that hie …
Fuel Oil: Prices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department undertook constituency-level modelling to estimate trends in the level of support for constituencies from the £53 million emergency support package to help with rising heating oil costs.
Small Businesses: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the potential cumulative impact of combined impact overheads such as current or future levels of tax, energy bill, and labour costs on the financial viability of …
Pension Funds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has his Department issued to pensions schemes on contacting members whose pre-retirement fund suffered crystallised losses following the use of leveraged Liability–Driven investment strate …
Crisis and Resilience Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications his department received for its Crisis and Resilience Fund to assist with heating oil costs since its launch on 1 April 2026, broken down by local authority area, and how many (a)
Offshore Industry: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her policy is on the future licensing of new oil and gas fields in the North Sea.
Offshore Industry: Aberdeen
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to visit Aberdeen to meet representatives of the oil and gas sector.
Rescue Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing Mountain Rescue with a similar level of support to HM Coastguard; and if she will consider providing financial support to mountain re …
Offshore Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she met with representatives of the UK oil and gas sector during the summer recess.
Rescue Services
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 …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 984514590254. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Harriet Cross.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 878 for Harriet Cross in Gordon and Buchan in July 2024, from 14,418 votes on a turnout of 63.0%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Gordon and Buchan figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.