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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
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Aye 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Aye 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Aye 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 Aye 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 No vote 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No vote 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No vote 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No vote 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No vote 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No vote 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No vote 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No vote 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 277–99

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 →

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