It would not be opened if the last possible date for a general election is within six weeks, or if the MP's seat was already vacant (ie, if an MP resigns). If 10% of the electorat

Runcorn and Helsby MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks after pleading guilty to punching a man in the street. Amesbury, 55, last month pleaded guilty to a single charge of common assault in relation to an altercation with a man following a night out in Frodsham, Cheshire in the early hours of October 26, 2024.

Who is Mike Amesbury? Former Labour politician's prison sentence suspended on appeal - The Runcorn and Helsby MP served in a number of frontbench positions between 2018 and 2023 under Sir Keir Starmer

He could be released here or back at prison. The press are trying to find out.