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Amesbury’s sentencing will trigger a recall petition in Runcorn and Helsby unless he decides to appeal.
Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury is facing calls to resign after he was jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man to the ground.
Chester Magistrates’ Court heard on Monday that Amesbury had been drinking before the incident, which saw him assault Paul Fellows, 45, at a taxi rank in Frodsham, in the early hours of Oct. 26, 2024.
A video showed the Runcorn and Helsby MP repeatedly hitting the man lying on the ground, while bystanders tried to intervene. The MP shouted at the victim, saying, “Don’t ever threaten me again.”
Amesbury pointed at the victim and added: “Yes I am [the MP], yes I am, and you won’t threaten the MP ever again, will you?”
The court decision on Monday sparked calls for Amesbury’s resignation. Conservative MP Esther McVey said the MP “needs to do the decent thing and resign his seat with immediate effect.”
“You can’t have Members of Parliament languishing in prison,” she said in a post on social media platform X.
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