Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.
Scottish National Party MP Seamus Logan holds the seat on 35.2% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
1 Jun 2026
One thing stands out about Seamus Logan: he votes in fewer than a third of parliamentary divisions -- 143 of 521 -- making him one of the least active voters among Scottish MPs, a record the Scottish Daily Express labelled him the "laziest" Scottish MP for in late 2024. Yet his speech record tells a different story: 320 contributions across 161 debates, with recent activity on WASPI women's pension compensation, where he has been vocal and visible in opposing the government's decision not to pay out, calling it a "clear injustice" affecting thousands of women in his constituency. He also voted to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, and opposed new asylum support regulations -- both consistent SNP positions.
In votes he does cast, Logan is a 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes on record. His stance profile shows strong resistance to employer National Insurance increases and consistent support for workers' rights, but low alignment with fiscal responsibility measures (21%) and immigration controls (22%) -- both reflecting SNP orthodoxy rather than personal deviation. He speaks most frequently on economy and jobs, social care, and fiscal policy, and has been active as SNP DEFRA spokesperson opposing the government's agricultural property relief changes, calling for the farm inheritance tax to be scrapped entirely.
The gap between his speech activity and voting participation is the defining feature of his parliamentary record so far. He sits on no select committees. His local news coverage over the past 90 days is relatively positive, driven by his WASPI advocacy, though the low-voting criticism has not disappeared. Voting data runs to May 2026; news sentiment is based on a small sample of three articles.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banff District(3 seats) | Reynolds · Cox · Adams | 3,155 | Aberdeenshire Con | May 2022 |
| Buckie | John Stuart | 0 | Moray Ind | Nov 2022 |
| Central Buchan(4 seats) | Simpson · Mair · Crowson · Powell | 2,927 | Aberdeenshire Con | May 2022 |
| Fochabers Lhanbryde(3 seats) | Williams · Macrae · Morrison | 2,934 | Moray Ind | May 2022 |
| Fraserburgh District(4 seats) | Bell · Mair · Adams · Logan | 4,204 | Aberdeenshire Con | May 2022 |
| Keith Cullen(3 seats) | Gatt · Coull · Colyer | 2,992 | Moray Ind | May 2022 |
| Peterhead North Rattray(4 seats) | Buchan · Beagrie · McWhinnie · James | 3,343 | Aberdeenshire Con | May 2022 |
| Peterhead South Cruden(3 seats) | Simpson · Hall · Smith | 3,097 | Aberdeenshire Con | May 2022 |
| Troup(3 seats) | Findlater · Menard · Cassie | 2,685 | Aberdeenshire Con | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Headline indicators.
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Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £265m |
| Taxpayers | 50,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,500 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £5,360 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Aberdeenshire and Moray. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seamus LoganWON | SNP | 13,455 | 35.2 |
| Douglas Ross | Con | 12,513 | 32.8 |
| Jo Hart | Ref | 5,562 | 14.6 |
| Andy Brown | Lab | 3,876 | 10.2 |
| Ian Bailey | LD | 2,782 | 7.3 |
Turnout 38,188
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo