Following the
2009 state elections, Abercron became a member of the
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. In parliament, he served as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental issues and data privacy. He was a member of the Committee on Internal and Legal Affairs and of the Committee of the Environment. Abercron was elected to the
Bundestag in the
2017 federal elections, succeeding
Ole Schröder as the directly-elected representative for
Pinneberg. He was a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and of the Committee on Food and Agriculture. ==Political positions==