Fiona Onasanya, the Labour MP for Peterborough, has pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice.
The 34-year-old appeared at the Central Criminal Court in London earlier this afternoon.
She faces two charges of perverting the course of justice.
A vehicle allegedly driven by Onasanya, a commercial property lawyer by trade, was caught by a speed camera on 24th July 2017, just four weeks after she defeated incumbent Conservative MP Stewart Jackson by the narrowest of margins.
The prosecution case is that Onasanya, together with her brother, falsely informed the investigating authorities, namely Cambridgeshire Constabulary, that Aleks Antipow was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence.
The second charge relates to a speeding offence alleged to have taken place on 23rd August 2017. It is claimed that Festus Onasanya was driving the vehicle on that occasion, but colluded with Fiona Onasanya to falsely identify a third party as the driver.
The pair were granted unconditional bail until the trial, which is scheduled for 12th November 2018 at the same court.
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