# Mike Amesbury: Ex-Labour MP to stand down over assault conviction

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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".

His resignation will trigger the first by-election of Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government.

Amesbury was given a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, after he admitted assaulting Paul Fellows.

In his first interview since the sentencing, Amesbury said he "regrets" attacking Mr Fellows "every moment, every day".

Watch: Convicted MP Mike Amesbury says he'll resign at the "earliest opportunity"

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