Seamus Logan is the Scottish National Party (SNP) MP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election, Logan won 13,455 votes, representing 35.2% of the vote. The Conservative candidate, Douglas Ross, received 12,513 votes (32.8%), while the Reform UK candidate, Jo Hart, secured 5,562 votes (14.6%). Logan was duly elected with a majority of 942.

The Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency was newly created ahead of the 2024 election, formed primarily from the former Banff and Buchan constituency and parts of the Moray constituency.

Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives from 2020 to 2024, represented the former Moray seat from 2017 to 2024.

Logan was one of two new SNP MPs elected at the 2024 general election, alongside Graham Leadbitter.

Political Career

Logan serves as the SNP Westminster spokesperson for environment, food and rural affairs, and health and social care (since July 2024).

Logan is listed as a member of the all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) for BBC, British offshore energy industry and fisheries.

Logan delivered his maiden speech on 17 July 2024 during the king’s speech debate.

In it, he said: “Today in the king’s speech, the government had an opportunity to immediately abolish the harmful two-child benefit cap and the notorious rape clause… The failure to do this is an early indictment of the government’s policy position.”

He added: “Finally – and members would not expect me to say anything less – I will be working hard in this place and elsewhere to press the case for the people of Scotland to be afforded their democratic rights to determine their own future.”

Before entering parliament, Logan was elected as an SNP councillor on Aberdeenshire Council in May 2022. He stood down from this role in 2024.

Political Views

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is a social democratic political party that campaigns for Scottish independence.

Logan is listed as a supporter of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair elections – a cross-party group of MPs and peers that campaigns for electoral reform. The group’s stated aims include replacing the first past the post (FPTP) voting system with a form of proportional representation, eliminating “dark money” and “undemocratic influence” from politics, and countering disinformation.

In January 2026, Logan was listed as a supporter of an amendment to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, often referred to as the “Hillsborough Law”, that would extend the proposed criminal offence of misleading the public to include MPs and peers. Luke Myer, the Labour MP behind the proposal, argued that his amendment would mean “no-one in parliament would be above the law”, adding: “If politicians deliberately lie to the public, there should be consequences.”

Myer stated: “This amendment is a proportionate, carefully safeguarded response to a real democratic risk. It is not about stifling debate or political disagreement, it is about ensuring that those who seek or hold public office cannot deliberately and knowingly mislead the public without consequence.

“The polling shows that voters across the political spectrum expect parliament to act.”

Myer’s amendment won the support of 30 cross-party MPs.

Brexit and Europe

Customs union vote (2025): In December 2025, Logan voted in favour of the UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) Bill. The bill, introduced under the 10-minute rule procedure by Liberal Democrat Europe spokesperson Al Pinkerton, sought to mandate the government to enter into negotiations with the European Union to establish a bespoke customs union. In total, 13 Labour MPs joined the Liberal Democrats in supporting the motion, while the majority of the party abstained.

Welfare

Winter fuel payment EDM: In September 2024, Logan signed an early day motion (EDM) expressing concern over the government’s proposed changes to the winter fuel payment. The motion called on the government to “postpone the ending of winter fuel payments and establish a comprehensive strategy to tackle fuel poverty, health inequality and low incomes among older people.”

Social values and conscience issues

Lying amendment: In January 2026, Logan was listed as a supporter of an amendment to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, often referred to as the “Hillsborough Law”, that would extend the proposed criminal offence of misleading the public to include MPs and peers. Luke Myer, the Labour MP behind the proposal, argued that his amendment would mean “no-one in parliament would be above the law”, adding: “If politicians deliberately lie to the public, there should be consequences.”

Myer stated: “This amendment is a proportionate, carefully safeguarded response to a real democratic risk. It is not about stifling debate or political disagreement, it is about ensuring that those who seek or hold public office cannot deliberately and knowingly mislead the public without consequence.

“The polling shows that voters across the political spectrum expect parliament to act.”

Myer’s amendment won the support of 30 cross-party MPs.

Before Politics

Born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 4 January 1958, Logan grew up on a farm. His mother was a nurse and his father a farmer. They were Catholic.

He studied at the University of Stirling in Scotland, graduating with a degree in sociology, psychology and social administration in 1980. After university, he returned to Northern Ireland and pursued a career in health and social care, gaining a master’s degree in social work from Queen’s University Belfast (1982).

He worked in health and social care for about 33 years.

He was a commissioner on the mental health commission for Northern Ireland from 2002 to 2009.

Personal Life

Logan is married to Anne, a former TV journalist. He has two daughters, Aislinn and Eimear.

Trivia

Logan plays the accordion.