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Olivia Bailey

Labour MP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire, since 4 July 2024

Olivia Bailey is the Labour MP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

72.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
419 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
156 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
9 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
5 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
91 Debates spoken in 9 written questions tabled

Ranked 313 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Aye 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Aye 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 Aye 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Aye 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 Aye 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Aye 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Aye 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Aye 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments Aye 247–21

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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

£5,000

Name of donor: Linda Riley
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Kevin Craig
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Unison South East
Address of donor: 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,900 of this, £400 was for Olivia Bailey as MP, to pay for Christmas cards. The rest of the funds were a donation to the local political party
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 19 December 2025)

On the register since 9 Jan 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Appointed to the Council of Management of The Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 January 2025
(Registered 7 January 2025)

On the register since 22 Jan 2025

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Fionnuala McGoldrick
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Director
Name of employer: SHGH Global Holdings
(Registered 19 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

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Debates

91 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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