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 NO

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

2 votes · 9 Mar 2026

3 AYE

Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee

3 votes · 23 Feb 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill

2 votes · 27 Jan 2026

3 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

3 votes · 20 Jan 2026

4 AYE2 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

6 votes · 13 Jan 2026

3 AYE

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

3 votes · 12 Jan 2026

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 7th September 2026, to Question UIN 26076, on Water Abstraction: Teddington, what assessment she has ma

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs14 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8th September 2026, to Question UIN 26078, on Water Abstraction: Teddington, how many additional days w

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs14 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ability of the proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction Scheme to provide resilience in a

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs14 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average length of time each year between 2015-2026 that a person would wait on hold for when calling the Access to Work helpline.

Department for Work and Pensions14 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average wait time for a decision to be made following an application for Access to Work each year between 2015-2026.

Department for Work and Pensions14 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the overnight visitor levy be applied to homeless people living in hotels provided for temporary accommodation.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the relative requirements of the Lee Valley reservoirs compared with the Northern Lower Th

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment was made of the relative requirements of the Lee Valley reservoirs compared with the Northern Lower Thames reserv

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer provided on 14th July 2026, to Question 16496, on Water Abstraction: (a) what determination she made of th

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 2022 drought on the Queen Mary, Queen Mother and Wraysbury reservoirs.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1 Sept 2026
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