THERE is at least one person in the Scottish Borders who may not be so fed up of elections, and that’s the chief executive of Scottish Borders Council Tracey Logan.

The council chief is expected to pocket several thousand pounds in her role as a returning officer at the upcoming election count, to add to the £34,804.31 she’s been paid since 2014 for all manner of referendums, general elections, by-elections and local elections.

There have been ten elections since Ms Logan took over as Chief Executive in 2011, and as the highest ranking local authority officer, she has been given the important task of overseeing the ballot counts, and announcing the result to the candidates on election night.

On average, Ms Logan has been paid £3,480 per election, but the individual payments differ greatly. For example, for acting as returning officer for the Hawick and Denholm by-election in May 2014, Ms Logan received £284, but for acting as returning officer for the May 2016 Scottish Parliament elections, Ms Logan received £8,309.

For the last general election, in 2017, Ms Logan was paid £3432 for her services, and is expected to pocket a similar figure this time.

The money doesn’t come from Scottish Borders Council, however, it comes from the UK Government for UK elections and the Scottish Government for Scottish parliament elections.