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Last 12 months

How Sarah Olney votes

Sarah Olney voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 159 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

No interests are currently registered for Sarah Olney.

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Sarah Olney asked 112 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Transport25
Department of Health and Social Care16
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs15
Treasury14
Department for Business and Trade12

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Not answered yet

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£10,380
Office costs · claims for running an office£10,380

53 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Sarah Olney represents Richmond Park. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Sarah Olney

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
17,155

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Olney won with 55% of the votes, and Sara Gezdari (Conservative) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat55% · 28,528
Conservative22% · 11,373
Labour10% · 5,048
Reform UK6% · 3,258
Green Party5% · 2,728
The Mitre TW91% · 349
Everyone else0% · 233
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah OlneyLiberal Democrat28,52855.4%
Sara GezdariConservative11,37322.1%
Laura CorytonLabour5,0489.8%
Michael HearnReform UK3,2586.3%
Chas WarlowGreen Party2,7285.3%
Chris FrenchThe Mitre TW93490.7%
Richard HarrisonSocial Democratic Party2330.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£1,062 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this