Fiona Jones
Politician
1957 – 2007
Who was Fiona Jones?
Fiona Jones was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was elected as a Member of Parliament for Newark in Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 general election.
Jones was accused of fraudulently failing to declare the full amount of her election costs, and convicted of election fraud in March 1999 and had the Labour whip withdrawn. She was the first MP to be disqualified from membership of the House of Commons for that offence since it was introduced by the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883. However, the Court of Appeal overturned her conviction within weeks: the disqualification was revoked, and she resumed her place in the House of Commons. However, she lost her seat in the 2001 general election. She later lost a civil case brought against the police for malicious prosecution, and ultimately succumbed to alcoholism.
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- Born
- Feb 27, 1957
Liverpool - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Died
- Jan 28, 2007
Saxilby
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on July 23, 2013
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