DISGRACED Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been freed from jail after winning an appeal against his sentence for punching a constituent. The Runcorn and Helsby MP was locked up for ten weeks on Monday

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has announced he’ll resign from parliament, triggering a by-election, after being convicted for punching a constituent. The 55-year-old hasn’t spoken publicly since he sentenced to 10 weeks in prison – later suspended for two years on appeal – for assault by beating.

Mike Amesbury has announced he will stand down as an MP after he was convicted of punching a man in the street.

Disgraced Cheshire MP Mike Amesbury has been urged to quit the House of Commons after being jailed for 10 weeks for repeatedly punching a man in the street. The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who has been sitting as an Independent since he was suspended by Labour bosses following October's fracas, admitted assault and was sentenced on Monday.

Mike Amesbury's jailing has sparked "enormous pressure" for a by-election in his Runcorn and Helsby constituency, said Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig, with Labour hoping to see off a threat from Reform UK.

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".

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.