Three Aberdeenshire SNP councillors stepping down

Three Aberdeenshire SNP councillors are to stand down, including one who was recently elected as an MP.

Seamus Logan, now the member of parliament for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, is standing down from the local authority with immediate effect, as is Mearns member Kevin Stelfox.

Central Buchan councillor David Mair will officially step down on 18 September.

By-elections will be held to choose their replacements on the council, though no dates for these have yet been set.