5 h. ago Shamed MP Mike Amesbury to quit Commons after being sentenced for punching man

The Runcorn and Helsby MP told the BBC he would ‘step aside at the earliest opportunity’.

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5 h. ago Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury to QUIT 'as soon as possible' after being jailed for sucker

The 55-year-old, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, told the BBC he would be resigning 'as soon as possible' once he had wound up his office.

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6 h. ago Mike Amesbury to quit as MP as he breaks silence on punching man in 3am brawl

Runcorn and Helsby MP Mike Amesbury said he regrets the attack 'every moment, every day' and said he would step down from Parliament at the 'earliest opportunity'

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1 week ago Moment Mike Amesbury dodges questions over if he will quit as an MP as he walks free from jail after appeal

The 55-year-old was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday for battering Paul Fellows, 45, after a 2am argument by a taxi rank in Frodsham, Cheshire that was caught on camera.

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1 week ago MP Mike Amesbury breaks silence as he's pictured for first time following three nights in prison

He successfully appealed his sentence for common assault and walked free following a hearing at Chester Crown Court

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1 week ago Shamed MP Mike Amesbury is released from the cells after appeal spared him prison for punching a constituent

The 55-year-old was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday for battering Paul Fellows, 45, after a 2am argument by a taxi rank in Frodsham, Cheshire that was caught on camera.

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2 w. ago Disgraced MP Mike Amesbury, jailed for punching a man, facing calls to quit

His prison sentence leaves him liable to the recall process, which would trigger a by-election if 10 per cent of registered voters in his seat sign a petition calling for it

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2 w. ago Every word judge said as he jailed MP Mike Amesbury over shameful taxi rank punch

He pleaded guilty to the assault last month

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2 w. ago He's spent his life in public service, now he'll serve time behind bars

Cheshire MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks following a shameful incident outside a Frodsham taxi rank

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