One of Bradford's new BNP councillors has been sacked from his job.

Arthur Redfearn was yesterday removed from his position as a driver with West Yorkshire Transport Services.

The company described his political stance in relation to his job as "inappropriate".

WYTS takes disabled adults and children to day centres and special schools. The majority of its clients are of Asian origin.

A spokesman for WYTS said: "The children and adults who use the service are vulnerable and needy and most of them are Asian. It's not appropriate for an active BNP official to be in loco parentis to them.

"Their families might not have confidence in him and that means we would not be fulfilling our duty of care."

WYTS is part of Serco, which also runs Education Bradford, but is in not linked to the school operation. It transports 500 children and 450 adults every day, using specialist transport from depots in the city and Keighley.

In the run-up to last month's local election, when Coun Redfearn's candidacy became known, City Hall union Unison wrote to the authority's acting chief executive Philip Robinson raising its concerns.

Unison today welcomed the dismissal of Coun Redfearn.

Branch chairman Gurjit Singh said: "There is no room in public services for BNP activists spreading their poison. Unison will follow suit and we will flush out and expel BNP activists from our union."

Coun Redfearn, who has worked for WYTS for seven months, was elected in third place in the Wibsey ward, with 1,355 votes.

He was unavailable for comment.

James Lewthwaite, leader of the Bradford Council BNP group, said Coun Redfearn hoped to take his dismissal to a tribunal.

He said: "We will be pursuing the appropriate legal measures."