Mike Amesbury ihas announced that he is standing down as an MP triggering a by-election in Runcorn and Helsby
The former Manchester Councillor was given a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, after he admitted assault
In his first interview since the sentencing, Amesbury said he “regrets” attacking Mr Fellows “every moment, every day”
But Amesbury told the BBC he would have tried to remain an MP – a job he said was his “calling” – had he been given a lighter community sentence
