Everton’s 10-point deduction by the Premier League has been taken to Parliament after a Liverpool MP called the punishment “grossly unfair”.

Everton received the sanction on Friday after being found to have breached the Premier League’s financial rules.

Byrne also called to “immediately establish” an independent regulator.

In February, the government announced plans to appoint a regulator, following a fan-led review last year.

Plans for the regulator were outlined in the King’s Speech this month.

King Charles III said the Football Governance Bill, which will introduce a regulator, will “safeguard the future of football clubs for the benefit of communities and fans”.

English premier league teams can only lose a maximum of £105 million over a three-year period. An independent commission determined that Everton lost £124.5 million in 2021–2022 alone.

The punishment is the biggest sporting sanction in the competition’s history and leaves Everton 19th in the table, two points adrift of safety.

The subject of Everton’s lawsuit is interest payments made on the club’s new £760 million stadium at Bramley Moore Dock, which they argue were legal “add backs” for calculations of profit and sustainability for the 2021–2022 fiscal year.

However, the commission disapproved and rejected the club’s argument that there were mitigating factors, including the club’s two years of full compliance with the Premier League, the direct impact of the Russia-Ukraine war by forgoing the lucrative USM sponsorship, and the effect of the Covid pandemic on the transfer market.

According to BBC Sport, the Toffees are planning to file an official appeal with the Premier League this week, challenging the ruling.

In the motion, Byrne requested the “suspension of all proceedings and sanctions made by the Commission until the regulator makes its own determination”.

He added: “This House condemns the grossly unjust points deduction imposed on Everton Football Club by a Premier League commission.

“A punishment that has no basis in law, equity, or reason for the severity of the sanction, and which emphasizes that fines, not sports penalties, have been imposed for far more serious infractions.

“[The motion] declares that sporting sanctions unfairly punish supporters and notices the improper dismissal of extraordinary mitigating circumstances outlined by Everton.”

Earlier on Monday, mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram wrote to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters regarding the “wholly disproportionate” and “unprecedented” points deduction.

Rotheram said: “While I understand, and indeed support, the importance of maintaining discipline and upholding the integrity of the sport, it is crucial to ensure that any punitive measures are proportionate and just. I do not believe that this punishment fits the crime.

“I wholeheartedly endorse the club’s appeal and implore you to adopt a more lenient stance and contemplate substitute modes of discipline that do not unjustly penalize the team’s athletes and supporters.”