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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Mike Amesbury quits as MP triggering crunch by-election for Keir Starmer

Mike Amesbury is quitting as an MP in a move which will see Sir Keir Starmer face off with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in his first by-election as prime minister.

The suspended Labour MP was last month given a 10-week suspended prison sentence for drunkenly punching a constituent multiple times in the street.

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