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]
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.
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]
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