The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 70,058 · 2023 boundaries

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.

Member of ParliamentSeamus Logan · Scottish National Party
CouncilsAberdeenshire · Moray
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000062
Electorate · 2024
70.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
35.2%
Scottish National Party · +2.5pp over Con
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

35.2%
SNP vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 28 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 28 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Banff District(3 seats)Reynolds · Cox · Adams3,155Aberdeenshire ConMay 2022
Buckie John Stuart0Moray IndNov 2022
Central Buchan(4 seats)Simpson · Mair · Crowson · Powell2,927Aberdeenshire ConMay 2022
Fochabers Lhanbryde(3 seats)Williams · Macrae · Morrison2,934Moray IndMay 2022
Fraserburgh District(4 seats)Bell · Mair · Adams · Logan4,204Aberdeenshire ConMay 2022
Keith Cullen(3 seats)Gatt · Coull · Colyer2,992Moray IndMay 2022
Peterhead North Rattray(4 seats)Buchan · Beagrie · McWhinnie · James3,343Aberdeenshire ConMay 2022
Peterhead South Cruden(3 seats)Simpson · Hall · Smith3,097Aberdeenshire ConMay 2022
Troup(3 seats)Findlater · Menard · Cassie2,685Aberdeenshire ConMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.9% Female 51.1% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£26,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£35,100
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,160
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£265m
Taxpayers50,000
Median per taxpayer£2,500
Mean per taxpayer£5,360

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Seamus LoganWONSNP13,45535.2
Douglas RossCon12,51332.8
Jo HartRef5,56214.6
Andy BrownLab3,87610.2
Ian BaileyLD2,7827.3

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
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission