Sean Morton

Sean Morton was born . He attended Milne's High School in Fochabers, where he met future Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy. He studied international politics and modern languages at the University of Stirling. After university, he worked as a parliamentary researcher. == Political career ==

Morton was elected as a Labour councillor for the Fochabers Lhanbryde ward in the 2012 Moray Council election. In December 2016, he called the newly installed Dandy Lion statue in Elgin "cultural and intellectual vomit in technicolor". He served one term, before unsuccessfully restanding as an independent in 2017. In the 2015 UK general election, he stood as the Labour candidate for Moray but was unsuccessful, finishing third of six candidates with 9.9% of the vote. In December 2016, Morton was charged with offences related to indecent images of children, leading to his suspension from the Labour Party in January 2017. {{Election box begin Source: == Sex offences ==

Morton was reported to police by a new acquaintance on 7 June 2016 and arrested at home three days later. Morton first appeared in court on 24 December 2016 at Elgin Sheriff Court, charged under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 in connection with indecent images of children. His lawyer argued in mitigation that Morton had been sexually abused as a child. == References ==