Man arrested after fight in Parliament bar on suspicion of GBH

Notorious Sport and Social club shut after 'altercation' between two parliamentary staffers

The fight happened outside Parliament's Sport and Social Club (Getty)

A man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm following a fight at a Houses of Parliament bar.

The unnamed 57-year-old suspect, a member of parliamentary staff, remains in custody after the incident on Tuesday.

Police said they were called to a courtyard “to reports of an altercation between two males” at 6.30pm.

“One male, aged 57, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and affray,” a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police added.

“He has been taken to a central London Police station where he remains at this time.”

His alleged victim, a 64-year-old man, was taken to hospital for treatment to non-life threatening injuries.

Detectives from Westminster are investigating the incident and enquiries continue.

The fight took place at the Sports and Social Club, which has a rowdy reputation on the parliamentary estate and has been temporarily closed over the violence.

A spokesperson for the House of Lords, which runs the bar, said: "Following an incident involving two parliamentary staff, after leaving the Sports and Social Club bar, an investigation is under way and the bar will be temporarily closed until that investigation is complete."

The bar previously hit the headlines after Eric Joyce, the former independent MP for Falkirk, was arrested following a late-night brawl there in 2013. He was not charged with an offence, having resigned from the Labour Party over a previous assault conviction at another parliamentary bar.