Speaking after the MP’s last court hearing, a Labour Party spokesman said: “It is right that Mike Amesbury has taken responsibility for his unacceptable actions.
The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who has been sitting as an independent since he was suspended following his arrest in October last year, is due to appear at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
A sentence of less than a year, even if it is suspended, would leave him liable to the recall process, which would trigger a by-election if 10% of registered voters in his seat sign a petition calling for it.
The court heard Amesbury had been drinking before he arrived at a taxi rank, where Mr Fellows approached him to remonstrate about a bridge closure in the town.
Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury will be sentenced for punching a man following a row in the street.
