Mike Amesbury
Mike Amesbury | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham | |
| Assumed office 17 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Skidmore |
| Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby Weaver Vale (2017–2024) | |
| In office 8 June 2017 – 17 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Graham Evans |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Pochin |
| Member of Manchester City Council for Fallowfield | |
| In office 4 May 2006 – 26 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | John-Paul Wilkins |
| Succeeded by | Ali Ilyas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Lee Amesbury 6 May 1969 Wythenshawe, Cheshire, England |
| Political party | Independent (2025–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (1987–2025) |
| Alma mater | Ilkley College (BA) University of Central England (PGDip) |
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Michael Lee Amesbury (born 6 May 1969) is a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Runcorn and Helsby (previously Weaver Vale) from 2017 until 2025. Formerly a member of the Labour Party, he was suspended in October 2024 and resigned his party membership in January 2025.
Born in Manchester and raised in West Yorkshire, Amesbury began working as a careers adviser and later became a Labour Party officer. He has been a political adviser to Greater Manchester politicians including Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham. Amesbury served as a Member of Manchester City Council from 2006 to 2017 and an Executive Member from 2008 to 2012. He held several shadow ministerial portfolios in Parliament between 2018 and 2024, including Employment, Housing, and Local Government.
In January 2025, Amesbury pleaded guilty to common assault and was sentenced to ten weeks in prison. On appeal, his prison sentence was upheld, but suspended for two years. In March 2025, he resigned from his seat in Parliament.