Housing Committee member Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks and kicked out of the Labour Party after admitting to punching a man from Cheshire constituency.
Runcorn and Helsby MP pleaded guilty in January to assaulting a 45-year-old Paul Fellow on Main Street in Frodosham, Cheshire at 02:45 on October 26th. 
The request from Amesbury, 55, was granted bail on hold in Chester Magistrate's court on hold on appeal. He was also ordered to pay Mr. Fellow £200 in compensation.
Deputy District Judge Tan Ikram said immediate custody was “necessary as a punishment and deterrent.”
Fellow suffered a lump in his head and was grazed on his elbow after the Crown Prosecutor's Office said it was a “permanent attack.”
Amesbury was taken to HMP Alt Course in Liverpool.
Labour, which stopped Amesbury shortly after the incident, said he would not be allowed back to the party and called for a by-election, adding that his members “better” after “completely unacceptable behaviour.” Ta.
Amesbury continues to be a member of the Congress and is a strong 11-person housing committee, where he sits as an independent.
His near future at the Commons is being raised in question as his lawyers have shown he will appeal the sentence.
Lawmakers receiving custody will automatically trigger recall petitions that could become by-elections if 10% of the ingredients are signed, even if they are suspended.
This process cannot begin until his appeal period is over.
Amesbury won the majority of 14,696 in the July general election.
He served as a Labour MP since 2017 and was a shadow minister between 2018 and 2024. He was previously a local councillor in Manchester.
In October, Amesbury was drinking in Frodosham in the constituency where he lived before he reached the taxi rank.
The court heard that after knocking Mr Fellow to the ground he punched him five more times before the public could intervene.
The judge said Amesbury will detain 40% of his sentences and will obtain a license for 12 months upon release.
