Mark Logan | |
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Member of Parliament for Bolton North East | |
In office 12 December 2019 –30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | David Crausby |
Succeeded by | TBC |
Personal details | |
Born | Mark Rory Logan 28 January 1984 Ballymena,Northern Ireland |
Political party | Conservative (until 2024) Labour (2024–present) |
Education | Queen's University Belfast (LLB) London School of Economics (MSc) Wadham College,Oxford (MSc) |
Website | Official website |
Mark Rory Logan [1] (born 28 January 1984) is a British politician. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton North East between 2019 and 2024 [2] [1] ,although he has since left the Conservatives and joined the Labour Party. [3]
Mark Logan was born and grew up in Ballymena in County Antrim. He graduated from Queen's University Belfast,and then earned two master's degrees,one from the London School of Economics and the second from Wadham College,Oxford. [4] Before becoming an MP,he worked in the British Consulate-General in Shanghai as a locally engaged member of staff,where he was responsible for media and communications. [5] Logan also worked for the Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group.
At the snap 2017 general election,Logan contested East Antrim for the Conservative Party,coming in sixth place with 2.5% of the vote,behind the incumbent DUP MP Sammy Wilson,Alliance's Stewart Dickson,the UUP's John Stewart,Sinn Fein's Oliver McMullan,and the SDLP candidate. [6] [7]
Logan was elected as MP for Bolton North East at the 2019 general election,winning with 45.4% of the vote and a majority of 378. [8]
Logan is a campaigner for a direct train link from Bolton to London. [9]
He is a founding member of the Parliamentary Export Programme webinar series,which seeks to help local businesses increase international sales. [10]
Logan was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office in March 2022. He resigned on 6 July 2022 in protest at Boris Johnson's conduct in the Chris Pincher scandal,calling his position "almost impossible". [11]
On 30 May 2024 he announced he planned to vote for the Labour Party,citing ideological differences with the Conservative Party. [3] He will not be a candidate at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
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