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Daily Mirror
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Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Henry Vaughan

Shamed MP Claudia Webbe can stay in Parliament despite criminal conviction as she loses appeal

Former Labour MP Claudia Webbe has lost her appeal against her conviction for harassing a love rival - but won't face being kicked out of Parliament.

Webbe, who represents Leicester East as an independent after being expelled by Labour, was last year found guilty and handed a 10-week suspended jail sentence after targeting Michelle Merritt, 59, between September 2018 and April 2020.

She faced the threat of a recall petition, which could have triggered a by-election, as a result of her original suspended sentence.

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