MP Mike Amesbury leaves court in a prison van after being sentenced to 10 weeks in jail. After being escorted from court, Mike Amesbury was loaded into a van bound for Category B jail HMP Altcourse in Liverpool. How soon could a by-election follow Amesbury's conviction?

The former Labour MP, who has been sitting as an Independent, was jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man during a row in a street.

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.

DISGRACED MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed after he punched a constituent five times in a late-night brawl. The Runcorn and Helsby MP lashed out at Paul Fellows then told him: “You

After the 55-year-old was jailed for assaulting a constituent, Barney Davis asked Frodsham locals how they felt now their MP was behind bars

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for assaulting a man in the street, after a confrontation over a local infrastructure issue turned violent.

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks after he admitted punching a man to the ground in his Cheshire constituency. Amesbury, 55, who represents Runcorn and Helsby as an independent MP, pleaded guilty to assaulting 45-year-old Paul Fellows after video footage emerged showing the confrontation.

A British lawmaker who punched out a constituent in the street during a drunken rage has been sentenced to 10 weeks in prison

A British lawmaker was sentenced to 10 weeks in prison on Monday for punching one of his constituents after a night out, raising the prospect he could be ousted from parliament and trigger an electoral test for the governing Labour Party.