Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to a charge of opening a vehicle door to injure or endanger a person.
The officer was riding a bike when the incident occurred on 6 August last year in Horseferry Road, Westminster.
Sir Edward, 74, was ordered to pay a fine of £120 by Bromley Magistrates’ Court.
He was also ordered to pay £110 to the Metropolitan Police and a surcharge of £48.
The force confirmed the officer was injured in the collision.
Detailing the facts of the case before the court, Prosecutor Alison Larkin said: ‘It was 6.53pm and he (Sir Edward) opened the driver’s door of his Skoda on Horseferry Road. Rob Amos was passing on a Brompton bicycle, and he caused the door to hit the police officer.
‘The door opened and it caused the officer to injure himself high up on his chest, causing a displaced fracture of his sternum, with fluid under the sternum and he suffered cuts to the top of his left hand that required stitches’.
Sir Edward stated in his letter that he had parked outside his house in the residents’ bay and remained at the scene to assist the injured officer.
Whilst the MP admitted he was at fault for the collision, he stressed that he had checked his wing mirror before exiting the vehicle.
He also wanted the court to know that the officer was not wearing a crash helmet at the time of the incident.
The Gainsborough MP concluded his statement by extending his ‘profound and sincere apologies’ to the officer for the injuries he had suffered.
Sir Edward’s penalty must now be paid within 28 days, as bench Chairwoman Susan Polydorou MBE dictates.
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