A CONSERVATIVE councillor who was apparently filmed inappropriately propositioning a woman during a North Yorkshire hunt has resigned.

Charles Carter, 33, a councillor in Breckland, Norfolk,was filmed by an anti-hunt campaigner who confronted him at a meeting of the Middleton Hunt.

She accused the hunt of illegally chasing foxes and Mr Carter, dressed in full red hunting attire and apparently filming the encounter himself on his phone, tells her “I’d quite like to s*** you, actually.”

After the woman responds “I’ll tell my husband that then, shall I?”, Mr Carter adds “can I take you to bed, please?”, tells her she is “very pretty” and asks for her phone number.

Mr Carter was suspended from Breckland Council this week and its leader, William Nunn, said on Wednesday: “Having been made aware of the video this morning, I was appalled by the conduct of one of my Conservative councillors who has clearly brought the party and the council into disrepute as a result of his behaviour.

“I immediately took action and the individual concerned has been suspended from the Conservative Group at Breckland Council pending the outcome of a full investigation by the Mid Norfolk Conservative Association.”

On Thursday, the council confirmed the councillor’s resignation.

It said in a statement: “Cllr Charles Carter is to step down with immediate effect from his role as a Breckland Councillor for Saham Toney ward.”

Mr Carter was elected to the ward in 2011. His details have already been removed from the council website.