Mark Logan (politician)
Mark Logan | |
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| Member of Parliament for Bolton North East | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | David Crausby |
| Majority | 378 (0.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Rory Logan[1] 28 January 1984 Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Ballymena Academy Queen's University Belfast London School of Economics Wadham College, University of Oxford |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | www |
Mark Rory Logan (born 28 January 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton North East since the 2019 general election.[1][2][3]
Early life and career[edit]
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, University of Oxford.[4] Before becoming an MP, he worked in the Foreign Office at the British Consulate-General in Shanghai where he was responsible for media and communications.[5] Logan also worked for the Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group.
Political career[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Brunskill, Ian (2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. Glasgow. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Bolton North East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Election winners". www.wadham.ox.ac.uk.
- ^ "About Mark Logan". Mark Logan. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Statement of Persons nominated". Electoral Office of Northern Ireland. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary Election Result 2017 - East Antrim". Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Sansome, Jessica; Otter, Saffron (14 November 2019). "All the Greater Manchester General Election 2019 candidates". men. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "'Give us a direct train to London': Bolton leaders call for train to capital". The Bolton News. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "MP to host webinars to aid Bolton North East businesses' global potential". The Bolton News. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Harrigan, Joe. "'Only so much we can ignore' as Bolton Tory MP quits Boris Johnson government". The Bolton News. Retrieved 6 July 2022.