Crichton was born in December 1964.[3] He is from Swordale in Point,Isle of Lewis,where he grew up.[2][4] He attended Knock primary school.[5]
He worked as a journalist with the West Highland Free Press,and subsequently for the Daily Record for 12 years,leaving his role as Westminster editor in 2022.[6] He has also worked for the Herald and Sunday Herald,as well as the BBC,[7] for whom he made a Gaelic TV documentary,broadcast on BBC Alba,on Donald Trump's mother Mary Anne MacLeod's journey from the Isle of Lewis to America,Mathair a' Chinn-Suidhe –Trump's Mother.[8][9]
Along with Malcolm Maclean he devised a temporary art installation,Sheòl an Iolaire,as a memorial marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of HMY Iolaire,with the loss of 201 men,on 1 January 1919.[14][15]As of 2024[update] the memorial remains in place in Stornoway harbour.[16]
Political career
He was selected as a Labour parliamentary candidate in January 2023,[6] and elected in the 2024 general election.
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