Wigan Council leader calls for MP to "consider his position" as Councillor after video emerges of him exposing himself in pub

In an LBC article this morning, February 25, a video clip shows Leigh MP James Grundy flashing himself during a private event in the Rams Head Inn in Lowton. In the footage, Mr Grundy is seen taking down his trousers and a woman can be heard telling him to lift his shirt and expose his genitals.

The incident is believed to have occurred at a private event in late 2007. He was elected as a Conservative councillor in 2008. All attendees at the private event were also over the age of 18, it is understood.

Mr Grundy, who was elected as Leigh's first ever Tory MP in December, said: “I apologise for my actions and for any offence caused.”

Jo Platt, the Labour candidate he defeated, said: “Is it wrong for me to feel sorry for him? I don’t think he ever imagined he would be the MP for the same pubs in the same area he liked to get his todger out.”

Leader of Wigan Council, Coun David Molyneux, has now called on Mr Grundy to reconsider his role as ward representative for Lowton East.

“In light of this incident, I would encourage James Grundy to consider his position as a councillor in Wigan," he said.

Mr Grundy is due to stand down in the local elections on May 7 regardless - a pledge he made shortly after becoming an MP in December.

He ousted Labour’s Jo Platt on a night which sent shockwaves through the party and the former mining town.

The Leigh native, who also stood for election in 2017, said he would stand down at the local elections rather than do so immediately after his general election victory, to avoid triggering a costly by-election.

He said: "I don’t think it would be fair to trigger a by-election and burden taxpayers with the costs of running a by-election, which is around £10,000. I will continue to serve as councillor for Lowton East until the elections in May when I will stand down."