Mr Logan eventually joined the Government as a parliamentary private secretary to the Northern Ireland Office but resigned after Chris Pincher, the Tory whip, was accused of impropriety in 2022. Mr Pincher later apologised for his behaviour and resigned from his role.
The backlash, which Mr Logan was part of, triggered the end of Mr Johnson’s premiership. Mr Logan indicated when resigning at the time that the partygate scandal had “not sat well with me” and had angered some constituents.
Before entering politics, Mr Logan had been a British diplomat for the Foreign Office and spent time as a businessman.
It is unclear what he will do next. In the BBC interview, he kept open the possibility of a return under Labour, saying: “I wouldn’t rule out coming back into public life.”
Explaining his decision to back Labour on Thursday, Mr Logan said: “It’s more about not the push factor of Conservatives, but the pull factor of Keir Starmer, the new Cabinet that would come in, the fresh faces, the fresh ideas.”
He said he had been supporting Labour “for quite a long period” but explained he wanted to wait for the point he was no longer an MP to express his views “because the electorate did vote me in as a Conservative MP”.
He added: “I believe as a politician it’s incumbent upon me to be able to say, to look people in the eyes in Bolton and say that I believe that a Labour government is going to serve you better, your interests better, it’s going to be better for your pockets, it’s better for the economy, it’s going to be better for the UK.”
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