Fiona Onasanya

Fiona Onasanya
Official portrait, 2017
Opposition Whip
In office
18 January 2018 – 20 December 2018
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Succeeded byBambos Charalambous
Member of Parliament
for Peterborough
In office
8 June 2017 – 1 May 2019
Preceded byStewart Jackson
Succeeded byLisa Forbes
Personal details
Born
Fiona Oluyinka Onasanya

(1983-08-23) 23 August 1983 (age 41)
Cambridge, England
Political partyLabour (until 2018)
Independent (2018-2019)
EducationUniversity of Hertfordshire
College of Law

Fiona Oluyinka Onasanya (/ˌɒnəˈsænjə/; born 23 August 1983)[1][2] is a former British politician and solicitor. She was elected as a Labour Party MP in the 2017 United Kingdom general election for the constituency of Peterborough and was removed from that office in 2019 following a successfully recall petition triggered by her convicition of perverting the course of justice.[3][4]

Onasanya was found guilty on 19 December 2018 for lying to police to avoid being prosecuted for speeding. She unsuccessfully sought to secure permission to appeal against the conviction.[5][6][7] Her expulsion from the Labour Party, effective in December 2018, was announced in January 2019.[8][9] On 29 January 2019 she was sentenced to three months in prison.[10] She was removed from office on 1 May 2019 after a successful recall petition, automatically triggered in cases of a custodial sentence of a year or less, under the Recall of MPs Act 2015. This prompted a by-election, making her the first MP to lose their seat through the recall process.[11]

  1. ^ Fisher, Paul (25 July 2018). "Everything we know so far about the court case against Peterborough Labour MP Fiona Onasanya". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ "MP convicted of perverting the course of justice". Crown Prosecution Service. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Fiona Onasanya". Parliament of the United Kingdom. 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Peterborough parliamentary constituency – Election 2017". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Votes and Proceedings: Notifications under the Recall of MPs Act 2015" (PDF). House of Commons. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Fiona Onasanya: Peterborough MP guilty in speeding case". BBC News. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  7. ^ Wharton, Jane (5 March 2019). "Fiona Onasanya loses fight against conviction for perverting course of justice". Metro. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference 04.youwerefailed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (4 January 2019). "Labour confirms expulsion of convicted MP Fiona Onasanya". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  10. ^ "R. v Festus Onasanya and Fiona Onasanya: Sentencing Remarks" (PDF). Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Fiona Onasanya: Speeding offence MP ousted under recall rules". BBC News. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.