Harriet Cross | |
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Member of Parliament for Gordon and Buchan | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Richard Thomson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1990 or 1991 (age 33–34) Harrogate, Yorkshire, England |
Political party | Scottish Conservatives |
Alma mater | |
Website | www |
Harriet Cross (born 1990 or 1991)[1] is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament for Gordon and Buchan since the 2024 general election.[2]
Harriet Cross was born in Harrogate and lived in West Cork in Ireland where her mother was from before settling in Aberdeenshire.[3] She attended Imperial College London where she studied zoology and earned a master's degree in Rural Land and Business Management and from the University of Reading.[4] In 2018, she returned to Aberdeenshire to work as a rural surveyor and later stood as the Conservative candidate for Aberdeen Donside in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, finishing second to Jackie Dunbar.[1]
In the 2024 UK general election, she narrowly unseated incumbent SNP member Richard Thomson.[5] She became the first female Scottish Conservative MP since Kirstene Hair.[citation needed]