Disgraced ex-Labour MP Fiona Onasanya released from jail after a month for lying to dodge speeding ticket – and could now vote on Brexit

DISGRACED MP Fiona Onasanya has been freed today after less than a month in jail — and could sit in Parliament with an ankle tag.

The politician, 35, spent just 28 days behind bars for lying to dodge a speeding ticket.

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She was driven out of HMP Bronzefield in Surrey under an early-release scheme early this morning.

The ex-solicitor, who has refused to resign her Peterborough seat, could return to Parliament for tomorrow’s Brexit vote.

She must wear a tag and obey a curfew but will otherwise be free.

Labour expelled Onasanya following her conviction for perverting justice but she still picked up part of her £77,000 salary in jail.

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If she had been jailed for 12 months then she could have been automatically booted out as an MP.

She also launched an appeal after being given a three-month sentence last month.

Yesterday the Attorney General's office said they couldn't refer her case to the Court of Appeal for being too lenient.

It said: "The threshold is a high one and the test was not met in this case."

The Ministry of Justice refused to comment last night.

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