# Reform councillor resigns over racist remarks

> Alan Feeney quit his seats after an ITV investigation revealed secretly recorded footage of him making racist comments about Asian homeowners.
- Title: Reform councillor resigns over racist remarks · the Guardian
- Summary: Alan Feeney quit his seats after an ITV investigation revealed secretly recorded footage of him making racist comments about Asian homeowners. Alan Feeney, a…
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- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/16/reform-councillor-resigns-after-being-filmed-making-racist-remarks
- Published: 2026-10-16T22:30:53+00:00
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- Topics: alan feeney, reform uk, solihull council, birmingham council, racist remarks, itv investigation, news, world
## Councillor filmed making racist comments
An ITV investigation revealed secretly recorded footage of Alan Feeney, a Reform councillor for Solihull and Birmingham, making racist comments about Asian homeowners during a local election campaign.
## What Feeney said in the footage
Feeney called Asian homeowners parasites and stated that no more than one percent of the British population can be non-white during the secretly recorded conversations.

> no more than 1% of [the] British population can be non-white
## Feeney resigns all his posts
In a Facebook post on Friday, Feeney wrote that there is no excuse for his comments and resigned every post he held on both Solihull borough council and Birmingham city council.

> There is no excuse for my comments.
## Two other candidates also resign
Secretly filmed footage showed Feeney making racist remarks alongside two other Reform candidates, Jamie Campbell and Chris Whelan, who went on to become councillors. Both have also resigned after the investigation.
## Byelections to be held
Feeney announced that byelections will be held on a timescale laid out by the councils in due course, and expressed hope that the councils and communities they serve can heal and move on.
## Key takeaway

Alan Feeney, a Reform councillor for Solihull and Birmingham, resigned all his posts after an ITV investigation broadcast secretly recorded footage of him making racist comments about Asian people.