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Labour has triggered the by-election to replace a former MP who resigned after complaints of "serious sexual misconduct" against him were upheld by a UK parliamentary watchdog.
Christian Matheson, who denied the allegations, was facing a four-week suspension and had been asked to stand down as City of Chester MP by Labour before he quit.
A report from the Independent Expert Panel recommended the suspension after Kathryn Stone, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, upheld two allegations of sexual misconduct against Matheson by a former member of his staff.
Business in the House of Commons on Tuesday started with Opposition Chief Whip Alan Campbell issuing the writ for the vacant seat of City of Chester.
The by-election has to take place between 21 and 27 working days from the issuing of the writ, suggesting it will take place on either November 24 or December 1.
Campbell told the Commons: "I beg to move that Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of a member to serve in this present Parliament for the county constituency of City of Chester in the room of Christian John Patrick Matheson, who, since his election for the said county constituency, has been appointed to the office of steward and bailiff of His Majesty's three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham in the county of Buckingham."
MPs cannot directly resign their seat, and so the Chiltern Hundreds offices are used to disqualify them.
Labour held the City of Chester sat in 2019 with a majority of 6,164, with the Conservative candidate finishing second.
source: PA
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