Seve Gomez-Aspron, who represents the Newton-le-Willows ward, is alleged to have degraded women on Twitter and made a comment on Facebook that was interpreted by a resident as an accusation that some of his constituents were “half-wits”.
This is not the first time the Labour councillor has been embroiled in a row about comments he has made on social media having been hauled in front of a standards committee last year and in 2015.