Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gordon and Buchan
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Gordon and Buchan in Scotland
County Aberdeenshire
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from Banff and Buchan & Gordon

Gordon and Buchan is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

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Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will comprise the following wards of Aberdeenshire: [2]

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Gordon and Buchan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nurul Hoque Ali [3]
Conservative Harriet Cross [4]
Scottish Green Sophie Molly [5] [6]
Workers Party Craig Proctor [7]
SNP Richard Thomson [8]
Liberal Democrats Conrad Wood [9]

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References

  1. "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  2. "New Seat Details - Gordon and Buchan". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  3. Scottish Labour [@ScottishLabour] (April 10, 2024). "👏 Congratulations to your Scottish Labour candidate for Gordon and Buchan, Nurul Hoque Ali!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  4. https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/scottish-conservatives-announce-harriet-cross-as-candidate-f-322925/
  5. Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Greens [@AberdeenGreens] (May 17, 2024). "📣 We have announced our UK general election candidate for Gordon & Buchan, Sophie Molly! Sophie is a musician and music tutor. She is passionate about the pursuit of economic, environmental, and social justice. 💚 We are proud to have her as our candidate! #VoteScottishGreen" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  6. "Scottish Greens announce their candidate for Gordon and Buchan at Westminster". Grampian Online. 2024-05-17.
  7. "Elections 2024". Workers Party of Britain. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  8. Learmonth, Andrew (5 November 2023). "Just a third of general election candidates selected so far are women". The Herald.
  9. Kuc, Morag (13 July 2023). "Scottish Liberal Democrat Gordon and Buchan candidate announced". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2023-10-08.