Colin Inglis was arrested by North Yorkshire Police on Tuesday

Colin Inglis, 48, was arrested on Tuesday before being freed.

He was further questioned by North Yorkshire Police on Wednesday before again being given police bail.

Officers are investigating claims made against Mr Inglis about his time at a children's home in Hull in the 1980s. He strenuously denies the allegations.

Soham murders

Mr Inglis and his police authority last year refused to accept an order from the then Home Secretary David Blunkett.

Mr Blunkett wanted to suspend Humberside's chief constable David Westwood following criticism of the force by the Bichard Report into the Soham murders.

Mr Inglis was voted out last month as leader of the ruling Labour group on Hull City Council.

On Wednesday, the Labour Party announced that his party membership has been suspended while the inquiry takes place.

Home resident

North Yorkshire Police were asked last September by the Humberside force to look into the claims against Mr Inglis.

The allegations against him were made by a former children's home resident in The Times newspaper.

Mr Inglis said then he believed the allegations against him were politically-motivated.

"My conscience is clear and always will be because I have not done anything wrong," he said.