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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3 AYE

Sentencing Bill Committee

3 votes · 21 Oct 2025

3 AYE1 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee

4 votes · 20 Oct 2025

2 AYE

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 15 Oct 2025

2 AYE

Mental Health Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 14 Oct 2025

9 NO

Employment Rights Bill

9 votes · 15 Sept 2025

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

Artificial Intelligence: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has considered the potential merits of the mitigation of potential future risks from non-human, autonomous AI systems

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology9 Dec 2025

Suicide: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to launch a public awareness campaign to help tackle suicide.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Dec 2025

Personality Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who requested the table-top review of Tier 4 services for personality disorder by NHS England; who is leading that review; and what that revie

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care8 Dec 2025

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying a) a 10p multiplier b) a 15p multiplier or c) the full 20p discount on high street and hospit

AnsweredTreasury4 Dec 2025

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rateable value increases and changes to business rates relief, announced at Budget 2025, on a

AnsweredTreasury4 Dec 2025

Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of a) pubs, b) hotels, c) restaurants, d) indoor leisure and e) night clubs whose business rates bill will i

AnsweredTreasury4 Dec 2025

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the difference in the projected changes in liabilities for (a) pubs and (b) distribution warehouses over the thr

AnsweredTreasury4 Dec 2025

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to use the business rates system to help support high street businesses in the context of their competition with online retailers.

AnsweredTreasury4 Dec 2025

Business Rates: Home Shopping

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to reform the business rates system to support physical businesses against online retailers.

AnsweredTreasury4 Dec 2025

Hospitality Industry: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle youth unemployment, in the context of trends in the level of employment in the hospitality sect

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade4 Dec 2025
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