A Labour Party spokesperson said: “The Labour Party took swift action following Mike Amesbury’s completely unacceptable actions and he is no longer a Labour MP or a member of the Labour Party.
Jailing Amesbury, deputy senior district judge Tan Ikram said: “In this case an immediate custodial sentence is, in my judgment, necessary, as a punishment and a deterrent.”.
Footage showed Amesbury punching Mr Fellows in the head, knocking him to the ground, then following him onto the road and punching him again at least five times.
Amesbury was suspended from the Labour Party after the footage emerged which showed him punching Mr Fellows, and he subsequently resigned his membership.
The former Labour MP, who has been sitting as an Independent since he was suspended by the party after his arrest in October last year, dropped his head and swallowed as the sentence was passed at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Monday, before he was taken to the cells by two dock officers.
