At a parish council meeting on 14 October, Mair Godley and her husband Nick, 77, a former chair of Wethersfield parish council, said Reform councillor Carl Johnson compared her volunteer work to aiding Germany during the second world war.
According to the Godleys and draft minutes of the meeting, the confrontation began when Nick Godley challenged Johnson about potholes and Operation Vanguard, a scheme that deploys private security guards in Essex town centres. Johnson then asked if anyone in the room had been 'facilitating the invasion' by assisting migrants at Wethersfield. When Mair Godley said she had volunteered to teach English, Johnson reportedly said she might as well have been helping Germany during the war and told the meeting he did not want his daughter to be raped and murdered by asylum seekers.
Mair Godley said: 'I'm nearly 79 years old. I felt violated by his comments. How dare he say that to me? I certainly told him at the meeting, "you are not wanted here". He has left a really bad taste.'
Nick Godley described the exchange as 'fairly challenging' and said a member of the public had to ask Johnson to leave the meeting to restore order. He has lodged a formal complaint with Essex County Council.
The council's spokesperson said it would comment publicly only once a breach finding had been made.
A week before the meeting, Johnson wrote on Facebook that people entering the country 'illegally' received free clothing and accommodation while 'the rest of us' must pay. 'I have never known a country to actively facilitate its own invasion and population replacement,' he wrote. 'This is treason.'
Reform UK and Johnson did not respond to requests for comment.