‘Some women should have never left the kitchen’
Exclusive: Reform UK’s vice chairman of West Northamptonshire Council makes sexist remark at International Women’s Day event
By Sarah Ward
The vice chairman of West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has apologised after being challenged for making a sexist comment at an International Women’s Day event.
Speaking to Liberal Democrat councillor Farzana Aldridge and some local residents at Northampton’s Guildhall on Saturday, Reform UK’s Cllr Peter York said ‘some women should have never left the kitchen’ in response to comments made about the need for more females in leadership positions.
WNC only has one woman in a cabinet position on the team of ten and accusations of misogyny were levelled at the administration last week by outgoing Reform UK councillor Joanna Blythe who quit the party to go independent.