Re: Fiona Onasanya
Originally Posted by
Cinderella
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Has vowed to continue as MP for Peterborough, and probably expects to be re-elected. How complicated life gets when people lie. If she receives a custodial sentence her career is finished but is very determined and totally unabashed.
Onasanya won her seat as a Labour MP by just 607 votes from the Conservatives in 2017. However, she's no longer a member of the Labour party so she's no longer a Labour MP.
Under the current rules, a by-election for the seat she holds, now as a technical "independent", will be automatically triggered if Onasanya receives a sentence of more than 12 months imprisonment, even if suspended.
Alternatively, a by-election can be initiated by a recall petition generated by 10% of the constituency's voters.
It's not likely that she will remain an MP but I would have thought the chances of returning as a practising solicitor in "real" life would be pretty slim, too.