MP Eric Joyce given bar ban and £3,000 fine over Commons brawl
MP Eric Joyce has been fined £3,000 and banned from pubs for three months after he admitted assaulting politicians in a House of Commons bar. The Falkirk MP headbutted Conservative MP for Pudsey Stuart Andrew during a brawl at the Strangers' Bar. He also hit Tory councillors Luke Mackenzie and Ben Maney, and Labour whip Phil Wilson, MP for Sedgefield. After sentence at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Joyce said he intended to stay on as an MP.
The former soldier - who was suspended by the Labour Party following the fracas - has already announced his intention not to seek re-election in 2015. The BBC understands he will be expelled from the Labour Party once disciplinary proceedings are completed.
