Disgraced former Labour MP Mike Amesbury who quit after punching a constituent said he was “disappointed” but “not surprised” by Reform’s by-election victory in his seat, adding that Labour’s backbenchers should urge leaders to “think again” on key issues.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Amesbury, who was first jailed and later given a suspended prison sentence after admitting the assault in a street in Frodsham, Cheshire, said he had never punched anyone before the incident in October.
