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".

SIR Keir Starmer faces his first by-election test after disgraced MP Mike Amesbury announced he would quit Parliament following his conviction for assault. The ex-Labour politician was sentenced

The Runcorn and Helsby MP said he will begin the "statutory process" of winding up his office before resigning as an MP "as soon as possible".

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury said he will stand down from parliament after being convicted of assault for repeatedly punching a constituent.

Disgraced Member of Parliament Mike Amesbury has said he will resign from Parliament after he was handed a suspended prison sentence for attacking a constituent.

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.

Mike Amesbury is quitting as an MP in a move which will see Sir Keir Starmer face off with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in his first by-election as prime minister. The suspended Labour MP was last month given a 10-week suspended prison sentence for drunkenly punching a constituent in the street.

Disgraced ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury is standing down from Parliament after his conviction for punching a constituent. The Runcorn & Helsby MP told the BBC on Monday that he will begin the "statutory process" of winding up his office - before resigning as "as soon as possible" - and triggering the first by-election of Sir Keir Starmer's stint in