Sarah Olney

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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Sarah Olney is the Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business).

1233

Votes Cast

£300,579

Expenses 2024-25

17,155

Majority

55.4%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£300,579

Staffing£265,986
Office£34,366
Travel£228

Year-on-Year

2024-25£300,579
2023-24£282,457
2022-23£267,725
2021-22£240,601
2020-21£238,339
2019-20£43,300
2017-18£23,305
2016-17£22,116

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 51,517 voters

Liberal Democrat
28,528 votes55.4%
Conservative
11,373 votes22.1%
Labour
5,048 votes9.8%
Reform UK
3,258 votes6.3%
Green Party
2,728 votes5.3%
The Mitre TW9
349 votes0.7%
Social Democratic Party
233 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

270

Written Questions

44

Oral Questions

206

Debates Spoken In

403

Speeches

360

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 AYE

Opposition Day

2 votes · 8 Oct 2024

2 AYE

King's Speech (Motion for an Address)

2 votes · 23 Jul 2024

2 AYE

Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 15 May 2024

2 AYE

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

2 votes · 8 May 2024

5 NO

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

5 votes · 30 Apr 2024

Financial Interests(1)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Linda Christmas

£2,000

£2,000
Name of donor
Linda Christmas
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£2,000
Donor status
individual

Registered 11 March 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sarah in Parliament

Pharmacy: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Think Pharmacy First campaign on helping to encourage people use pharmacies for treatme

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Feb 2026

Immigration: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2026 to Question 107739, if he will clarify what productivity and effectiveness service improvements are use

AnsweredHome Office2 Feb 2026

Immigration: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses artificial intelligence for decision making on immigration applications.

AnsweredHome Office22 Jan 2026

Audit and Corporate Governance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the estimated costs saved to businesses following the cancellation of the Audit Reform and Corporate Go

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade20 Jan 2026

Financial Reporting Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to put the Financial Reporting Council on a statutory footing.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade20 Jan 2026

Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department uses artificial intelligence to automate decision making about access to public services.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions13 Jan 2026

Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department uses AI to automate decision making about access to public services.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care13 Jan 2026

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of therapeutic Tier 4 services.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care13 Jan 2026

Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data is collected on patients with complex trauma and personality disorder diagnoses who are placed into private out-of-area placements.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care13 Jan 2026

Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department had with Hammersmith and Fulham Council on the reconvening of the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport12 Jan 2026
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