Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has said he will stand down from parliament after he was sentenced for punching a constituent, which will trigger the first by-election since Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister last July.

Disgraced ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury is standing down from Parliament after his conviction for punching a constituent. The Runcorn & Helsby MP told the BBC on Monday that he will begin the "statutory process" of winding up his office - before resigning as "as soon as possible" - and triggering the first by-election of Sir Keir Starmer's stint in