Sarah Olney — Hear, Hear

Voting record

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Voted for

6

Voted against

3

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Sarah Olney’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 74%

How often Sarah Olney voted the same way as most of the Liberal Democrat party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Sarah Olney currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business) — Opposition Department — since 2025-10-01 Shadow

Previously held

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) — Opposition Department (2024-09-18 to 2025-10-01) Shadow

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury) — Opposition Department (2022-07-11 to 2024-09-18) Shadow

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) — Opposition Department (2020-09-07 to 2022-07-10) Shadow

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) — Opposition Department (2020-01-06 to 2024-09-18) Shadow

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Trade) — Opposition Department (2020-01-06 to 2020-09-07) Shadow

Declared financial interests

Nothing on file for Sarah Olney yet, or they have no interests currently registered. Parliament’s official register for Sarah Olney →

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sarah Olney yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sarah Olney has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£309,109.03 paid out to or for Sarah Olney across 449 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sarah Olney’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £266,102.74 (245 claims)

Office Costs — £42,778.41 (202 claims)

Staff Travel — £227.88 (2 claims)

Most recent claims

Stationery & printing — £182.40, 2026-03-19 — Banner March 2026

Stationery & printing — £208.80, 2026-03-19 — Banner March 2026

Cleaning services — £217.80, 2026-02-26 — [***]

Website hosting and design — £80.64, 2026-02-17 — WIX.COM [***]

Insurance - contents — £65.87, 2026-02-13 — HOWDEN UK BROKERS LIMI [200013632-20]

Equipment - purchase — £731.88, 2026-02-12 — Other office equipment

Cleaning services — £57.48, 2026-02-12 — Banner March 2026

Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £252.60, 2026-02-11 — FIRST MILE LIMITED

Every claim on file for Sarah Olney →

Early Day Motions

Sarah Olney has tabled 3 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 72 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Sarah Olney personally tabled — not motions Sarah Olney may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled

Proportional Representation for UK Elections — tabled 2026-05-13, 33 sponsors

Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday — tabled 2026-04-28, 23 sponsors

Victims of the Pahalgam terrorist attack — tabled 2026-04-22, 16 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sarah Olney is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethnic Minority Business Owners — Co-Chair

Declared funding: Lending Standards Board (£17,747).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion — Officer

Declared funding: National Black, Asian, Mixed Race, and Minority Ethnic Transplant Alliance (NBTA) (£10,501-12,000).

Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair

Declared funding: Loan Charge Action Group (£34,501-36,000).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Loan Charge Action Group — about £35,250.50 across 1 group (Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Loan Charge Action Group — about £35,250.50, 1 group

Lending Standards Board — about £17,747.00, 1 group

National Black, Asian, Mixed Race, and Minority Ethnic Transplant Alliance (NBTA) — about £11,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sarah Olney personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sarah Olney is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.