Mr Loughton said "surely, if anything, it would be the act of identifying the term with Romany Gypsies that could be construed as racist" but that was down to his constituent "not me".
Mr Purdue-Horan said he did not believe Bingham was a "hotbed of racist or religious tension" but he would be meeting with the chief executive of Rushcliffe Borough Council and other local officials to discuss the matter.
The Football Association has announced that it will be seeking urgent talks with Uefa after several England-based players suffered racist abuse in European club competitions.