British-Nigerian Labour Member of Parliament, Fiona Onasanya, and her brother, Festus, are to stand trial for allegedly blaming someone else for speeding offences committed by them.
Prosecutors said the two sought to pervert the course of justice.
The 34-year-old former solicitor, who narrowly won the Peterborough constituency at the 2017 election, faced two charges jointly with her 33-year-old singer brother from Cambridge.
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The pair appeared at Westminster magistrates court on 12 July and were due to appear at a court yet to be determined on 13 August.
Festus also faces a third charge of perverting the course of justice.
Both charges involving the MP, who defeated the long-serving Conservative MP Stewart Jackson by 607 votes at last year’s election, relate to allegedly seeking to blame someone else for speeding offences.
Onasanya has not commented.
If Onasanya was to be convicted of an offence – and it is not known whether she will deny the allegations – it could provoke a byelection in a hugely marginal seat.
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Under the law, which came into force in 2015 allowing MPs to be recalled, a recall petition could be triggered if a sitting MP has been convicted of an offence and received a jail term of any length, even if it was suspended.
Under earlier rules, MPs were automatically ejected from the Commons if they were jailed for a year or more.
