LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmaker Mike Amesbury, who was suspended from the governing Labour Party for punching a man, is standing down from as a member of parliament, he told the BBC, triggering a by-election for his seat in northern England.

Mike Amesbury has announced he will stand down as an MP after he was convicted of punching a man in the street.

The former Labour MP was given a 10-week suspended sentence after he admitted assaulting Paul Fellows, 57, who he repeatedly punched in the head and knocked to the ground

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has announced he’ll resign from parliament, triggering a by-election, after being convicted for punching a constituent. The 55-year-old hasn’t spoken publicly since he sentenced to 10 weeks in prison – later suspended for two years on appeal – for assault by beating.

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In first interview since getting 10 week suspended prison sentence Amesbury tells BBC he ‘regrets’ attacking constituent ‘every moment, every day’

His resignation will trigger the first by-election of Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government. | ITV News Granada

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has said he will stand down from parliament after being given a prison sentence for repeatedly punching a constituent. The Runcorn and Helsby MP has told the BBC he will begin the "statutory process" of winding up his office before resigning as an MP "as soon as possible".

The 55-year-old, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, told the BBC he would be resigning 'as soon as possible' once he had wound up his office.