Gordon and Buchan.

Serving as a teller -- the MP who counts votes in the division lobby -- on multiple recent Conservative opposition votes, Harriet Cross has been an active foot-soldier in the Commons battles over the Pension Schemes Bill, the English Devolution Bill, and the Northern Ireland Troubles legacy legislation in late April 2026. Most strikingly, she acted as teller on a vote to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, the kind of high-profile opposition manoeuvre that signals willingness to press hard on government accountability. Beyond the division lobbies, her most consistent news coverage centres on Gordon and Buchan's rural economy: she has been a visible campaigner against the inheritance tax changes affecting farmers, pressed the Transport Secretary directly on the dualling of the A96, and raised a Turriff veteran's concerns about the Troubles legacy bill in Parliament.

Cross votes with her Conservative colleagues 99.7% of the time -- a near-perfect party-line record -- with just one logged rebel vote, backing a Gavin Williamson amendment to the House of Lords hereditary peers bill. Her participation rate of 74% sits somewhat below the Commons average. Her speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs, energy, and fiscal policy, with defence and local government also featuring regularly. She scores high on parliamentary scrutiny and anti-tax stances, and consistently low on progressive taxation and workers' rights votes.

Her seat on the Scottish Affairs Committee gives her a formal platform on Scotland-specific issues, which dovetails with her constituency focus on agriculture and rural infrastructure. News sentiment over the past 90 days is broadly positive, driven largely by her farming advocacy. Speech and voting data are available from her 2024 election onwards; no longer parliamentary record exists to draw on.