Pam Duncan-Glancy suspended from Labour

Glasgow MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy has lost the Labour whip while it investigates links she has with a convicted sex offender.

The MSP stood down as the party’s education spokesperson in December when her friendship with former councillor Sean Morton became public.

She later confirmed she would not seek re-election in May.

A Scottish Labour spokesperson said: “All complaints are assessed thoroughly in line with our rules and procedures.”

Morton was convicted after admitting to two charges in 2017, one of which involved indecent images of children.

But Duncan-Glancy reportedly maintained a friendship with him after his conviction, which she later accepted was a “serious error of personal judgement”.

Her suspension came shortly after Matthew Doyle, Keir Starmer’s former communications director who now sits in the Lords, was also suspended by the party for links to Morton.

In a statement Doyle said contact “was extremely limited and I have not seen or spoken to him in years”.

He added: “I want to apologise for my past association with Sean Morton. His offences were vile, and I completely condemn the actions for which he was rightly convicted. My thoughts are with the victims and all those impacted by these crimes.

“At the point of my campaigning support, Morton repeatedly asserted to all those who knew him his innocence, including initially in court. He later changed his plea in court to guilty.

“To have not ceased support ahead of a judicial conclusion was a clear error of judgement for which I apologise unreservedly.”