Mike Amesbury is ready to return to the world of work. As announced on LinkedIn…
Amesbury says he is ‘open to work’ in political affairs or consultancy roles in the Manchester, West Yorkshire, Merseyside, Cheshire, and Chester areas. He has “previously worked at House of Commons and The Labour Party”…
Helpfully Mike has also recently announced his completion of two LinkedIn learning courses:
- Project Management Skills for Leaders.
- AI in Project Management.
Amesbury currently doesn’t have any endorsements on the platform so will be relying on his eight years as an MP, time as a frontbencher, and union experience. Which employer will throw their weight behind Mike?
Former Labour MP and shadow minister Mike Amesbury gave an interview to the Today Programme this morning. In which he took no blame for Labour’s loss in Runcorn…
He said he was “really disappointed” by the result but “wasn’t surprised… looking at the results in the months leading up to the by-election,” which come as a result of “big political mistakes from the Labour government.” Tell us how you really feel…
Not only Starmer but Reeves got an earful from Amesbury: “I sincerely hope that Keir, the Labour PM and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves not only listen, but also respond… the constituents of Durham or up and down the country didn’t vote because of my mistake.” His message to Labour MPs: rebel…
“I’ll say listen – people on those backbenches – this is now the time to say you know, you’re not being disloyal but say ‘look come on now’ to the leadership, ‘just think again on this.’ If we’re serious about having two terms of a Labour government and transforming this country for the better we’ve got to listen to the electorate and do the right thing.“
Downing Street will no doubt be delighted that Mike has chosen to remain so vocal…
Mike Amesbury has done a sit down with GB News’ Gloria De Piero today. He says today is the day of his resignation:
“As of today I will no longer be the Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby after nearly eight years as an MP.”
Amesbury adds that he “should have walked away” instead of punching Paul Fellows in the head before continuing to punch him once he had fallen to the ground. He says: “I don’t recognise myself… but it is me and it’s very important that I own that.” The soon-to-be former MP explains his presence outside a pub at two in the morning: “It was a tough time in parliament.” He adds he will have to wear an alcohol tag as part of his sentence. The by-election looms…
UPDATE: Amesbury has written to Rachel Reeves to formally resign.
Read his letter in full below:
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Ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury has just announced he will quit as an MP after punching a constituent in the face. He was handed a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for two years. He told the BBC he will begin the “statutory process” of closing his office before resigning as an MP “as soon as possible“. Meaning there will be a by-election in his seat of Runcorn and Helsby…
Amesbury has a majority of 14,696, with Reform coming in second place in the General Election, with 18.1% of the vote. Reform is still the favourite on the betting markets to win…
Ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury was back at Chester Crown Court today to lodge an appeal. He has had his ten-week prison sentence for assault suspended for two years…
Amesbury has been instructed to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, undertake a 12-month alcohol monitoring requirement, go on an anger management course and carry out 20 days of rehabilitation work. Busy…
Yesterday now Independent MP Mike Amesbury was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail after thumping a constituent six times, prompting Reform to call for his resignation, and Yvette Cooper today saying Labour “wants to see a new MP in place.” Considering Amesbury can’t do much for his constituents in Runcorn and Helsby behind bars (probably a good thing), Starmer’s first by-election as PM looks to be on the horizon…
Reform say they’ve been campaigning in the seat every weekend since the video of Amesbury punching the constituent in the face came out, while CCHQ only just started looking for candidates last week. The betting markets will provide some good news for Reform, with oddsmakers now putting Reform 10/11 to snatch the seat and Labour trailing 6/4, according to BetIdeas. Odds-on for Nigel to get his sixth MP…
Still, Amesbury has a majority of 14,696, with Reform coming in second place in the General Election, though only with 18.1% of the vote. A Runcorn and Helsby result could either boost Reform’s ‘momentum’ narrative and deliver another blow to Starmer, or it could burst its bubble…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”
