The 35 year old lawyer, who was jailed for perverting the course of justice, becomes the first MP ever to be removed by the recall process, introduced by David Cameron in 2015.
Some 19,261 people signed the petition – 27.64 per cent of those eligible to take part and well above the ten per cent threshold for a recall.
The successful petition now triggers a by-election in the Peterborough constituency, in which Ms Onasanya is permitted to stand.
Ms Onasanya was first elected to Parliament as a Labour MP by a wafer-thin majority of 607 in 2017.
A year later, she was charged with perverting the course of justice after lying about a speeding offence. She was expelled by Labour after her conviction and served less than four weeks of a three-month prison sentence earlier this year.
The Speaker has announced that the Recall Petition in #Peterborough has been successful.
As more than 10% of the constituency’s electorate signed the petition, Fiona Onasanya is no longer an MP and there will be a by-election in Peterborough. pic.twitter.com/DGkTtjY5uO
— UK House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) May 1, 2019
Labour said it will move a writ for the by-election on Thursday, paving the way for Peterborough’s voters to select a new MP within weeks.
Nigel Farage said his new Brexit Party will contest the by-election, but a spokesman said no decision had yet been taken on whether he…
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