A Ukip councillor is set to be disciplined next week after being found guilty of bullying behaviour.

Coun Warren Bates was called before a standards panel at Oldham town hall amid allegations he had intimidated a member of the public during a local forum meeting.

He was found to have spoken to resident John Crompton ‘in an aggressive way’, as well as circulating a ‘disrespectful note’ about him.

It also found he had ‘glared’ at two Labour councillors and senior officer Colette Kelly, who said she also felt initimidated.

Ukip called the charges ‘risible’ and like something out of a ‘bad comedy’.

They also questioned how much taxpayers’ money had been spent on the standards hearing, which had included the services of a solicitor.

Coun Warren was called before the standards panel earlier this month following the spat at Failsworth town hall last July, just a few weeks after he was elected onto the council.

According to the investigation, Mr Crompton took to his feet to ask a question on behalf of Failsworth Historical Society.

Coun Bates then interrupted, asking ‘who are you?’ in a ‘loud and aggressive manner’, according to the panel - and may have ‘waved his hands around’. He then circulated a note about him to the public gallery claiming ‘Crompton never lifted a finger to protect the memorial land’.

That is said to be a reference to Lower Memorial Park, which was the centre of a row five years ago over plans to redevelop it for Oldham Athletic.

The councillor subsequently suggested he had no idea who Mr Crompton was. Mr Crompton said they had known each other more than a decade and used to drive to community meetings together.

Oldham council’s standards committee found him guilty of misconduct and recommended he be banned from Failsworth town hall for three months - and ‘censured’ at next week’s council meeting. In reality it is understood there is little further action the town hall will be able to take.

Coun Warren said he had ‘nothing to apologise for’ and said he would be using the Freedom of Information Act to find out how much the hearing had cost.

A Ukip spokesman called the charges ‘risible’ adding: “They sound more like a bad comedy.”