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Labour Party Expels Members Over Ties to Sex Offender

2/11/2026

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The Labour Party has removed the whip from Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP, and Lord Matthew Doyle, Labour peer, amid investigations into their connections with convicted sex offender Sean Morton.
Pam Duncan-Glancy, who resigned as education spokesperson, plans to leave Holyrood in May.
Lord Matthew Doyle, once Sir Keir Starmer's communications director, faced MPs' scrutiny over his support for Morton and apologized, saying he trusted Morton's word.

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The Labour Party has removed the whip from Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP, and Lord Matthew Doyle, Labour peer, amid investigations into their connections with convicted sex offender Sean Morton.
Pam Duncan-Glancy, who resigned as education spokesperson, plans to leave Holyrood in May.
Lord Matthew Doyle, once Sir Keir Starmer's communications director, faced MPs' scrutiny over his support for Morton and apologized, saying he trusted Morton's word.