Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has said he will stand down from parliament after being given a prison sentence for repeatedly punching a constituent. The Runcorn and Helsby MP has told the BBC he will begin the "statutory process" of winding up his office before resigning as an MP "as soon as possible".

The former Labour MP was given a 10-week suspended sentence after he admitted assaulting Paul Fellows, 57, who he repeatedly punched in the head and knocked to the ground

By-election test for Nigel Farage's Reform UK as 'punching' MP Mike Amesbury to stand down after conviction - In first interview since getting 10 week suspended prison sentence Amesbury tells BBC he ‘regrets’ attacking constituent ‘every moment,

British lawmaker Mike Amesbury, who was suspended from the governing Labour Party for punching a man, is standing down from as a member of parliament, he told the BBC, triggering a by-election for his seat in northern England.