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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Mike Amesbury urged to resign as MP after ‘bridge row’ altercation

Mike Amesbury
Mike Amesbury has said an incident took place ‘after I felt threatened following an evening out with friends’. Photograph: Peter Marshall/Alamy

The Labour MP who punched a constituent in the early hours of Saturday morning has been urged to resign, as it was reported that the pair rowed over the closure of a local bridge.

Mike Amesbury was suspended from the party over the weekend and has had the whip withdrawn after videos emerged of the altercation in Frodsham, in his constituency in Cheshire.

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