Mike Amesbury has been suspended from his party after being caught on CCTV apparently striking a constituent. Amesbury, 55, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Britain’s governing Labour Party, can be seen in footage from outside a business in Frodsham, England. In the tape, he engages in an animated conversation before delivering a punch that knocks a man off the curb. Amesbury appears to continue hitting the man once he is on the ground.
Following the release of the footage, there were immediate calls for Amesbury to resign or be barred from Parliament. A Labour Party spokesman confirmed Amesbury’s suspension pending a police investigation. Amesbury has stated that he felt threatened during the encounter, which occurred around 2:15 AM on Saturday.
Cheshire Police confirm that they have interviewed a 55-year-old man under caution and released him pending further inquiries.
Amesbury, who has been part of the Labour Party since he was 17 and became an MP in 2017, previously branded anti-immigration protestors “criminals” and “thugs” on social media. He shared a post from the Home Office, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, showing the prison terms they could expect.
That didn’t age well! Did a single anti-immigration protestor in England commit an assault as violent as Labour MP Mike Amesbury’s alleged attack on one of his constituents? https://t.co/dXKZ0QzEC9 pic.twitter.com/kn367jooG2
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) October 27, 2024