Aberdeenshire North & Moray East.

Aberdeenshire North and Moray East spans the north-east coast and its rural hinterland, a seat of small towns rather than a single dominant centre. Peterhead and Fraserburgh anchor the Buchan coast, with Banff, Keith, Buckie and Cullen further west, across a population of roughly 97,600 and a median age of 46 that runs older than the Scottish norm. Local services are split between two authorities: Aberdeenshire Council holds six of the seat's wards, Moray Council the other three -- two councils answering to two separate sets of priorities.

That two-council geography is reflected in a closely divided politics. Across the most recent ward contests the seat splits almost evenly between the Scottish National Party and the Conservatives, on ten wards apiece, with a notable independent presence and a scattering of Liberal Democrat seats. No single party appears to dominate the local map. At Westminster the seat was new in 2024, when the SNP took it on 35.2 per cent, ahead of the Conservatives on 32.8 -- a margin of barely two points. Seamus Logan has held it since, with no whipped dissent recorded in recent months.

On the figures available the seat looks genuinely contested rather than settled, the Westminster result and the even ward split pointing the same way. Recent local coverage has had a markedly administrative and fiscal character, dominated by council budget pressures rather than any single controversy. Logan's early parliamentary attention has leaned toward the economy, social care and fiscal policy. The position is one of a finely balanced two-party contest, with neither picture suggesting a comfortable hold.