Logan, who represented Bolton North East for the Conservatives, said a government led by Sir Keir Starmer was ‘going to be better for the UK’.
A former Tory MP has said he is quitting the Conservatives to back Labour at the General Election, in a blow to Rishi Sunak as he battles to stay in No 10.
Mr Sunak’s party was “unrecognisable” from the party he joined a decade ago, Mr Logan told the broadcaster, although he did not criticise the Prime Minister personally. In a “personal statement” dated Wednesday but posted on X on Thursday, Mr Logan said New Labour anthem Things Can Only Get Better “represented the optimism of the incoming Labour government of 1997”.“After much soul-searching throughout my first term in parliament, brought to a head with the calling of a snap election last week, I have concluded that we need a new government and I believe the UK will be best served with that government being a Labour government.
He was a junior member of the Government, a parliamentary private secretary to ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions.Mr Logan told Sky News that he still believed Mr Sunak to be a “person of integrity”. Asked if he thought Labour must be moving to the right to attract people like him, he said he saw Labour as a “broad church”.
Sir Keir welcomed Mr Logan’s switch to Labour, saying: “Voters across the country are looking to Labour for change. I am pleased Mark Logan has taken the decision to vote for Labour at this upcoming General Election.
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