David Fisher has been reappointed leader of Sandwell Conservatives, despite previously standing down after offensive social media posts were uncovered.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service has learned the councillor was selected by the Conservative membership to take up his old role.

Councillor Fisher stood down in January after old comments he made on Twitter about the lack of “white representation” in the NHS resurfaced, adding that he “did not know a white GP or doctor”.

In a Twitter exchange dating back to 2016, the councillor retweeted an Asian junior doctor’s complaint about a new NHS contract and said: “Leave then, plenty of overseas doctors would jump at the chance of working for the best health company in the world, the NHS”.

Councillor Fisher also pledged to boycott a KFC branch in Wednesbury due to it only serving halal bacon.

Councillor Fisher, who apologised and stood down after the posts resurfaced, will  now return to his previous role.

He replaces Councillor Laured Kalari, who himself was suspended as both leader and a Conservative only three weeks into the role after separate offensive posts on his Twitter were also discovered.

Councillor Fisher, who has been described as a close ally of Nicola Richards, MP for West Bromwich East,  will now lead an opposition of nine councillors at Sandwell council against Labour. The Sandwell Conservatives were one of the only local Conservative branches in the West Midlands to have gained an additional two seats in Sandwell.

The party also retain a closely fought seat in Tividale, after the Conservative councillor Emma Henlan resigned unexpectedly from her seat.

In a statement to the Local Democracy Reporting Service,  Councillor Fisher said: “I am delighted to have to support of Sandwell Conservatives to lead the team of existing and new councillors into the coming electoral year. As always, Sandwell Conservatives will continue to scrutinise and hold this Labour-run council to account.”