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Olivia Blake

Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam, since 12 December 2019

Olivia Blake is the Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

Scorecard

80.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
464 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
111 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
10 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
250 Debates spoken in 695 written questions tabled

Ranked 166 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
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part Aye 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Aye 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials No 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading Aye 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Aye 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H Aye 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No vote 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work No vote 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No vote 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H Aye 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B Aye 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 Aye 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B Aye 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No vote 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No vote 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No vote 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No vote 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty Aye 357–174

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. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£19,500

Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for two days a week for up to seventy-eight days between 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 (value stated is the maximum), value £19,500
Date received: 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 1 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 2 April 2025)

On the register since 8 May 2026

£9,945

Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services shared with Tony Vaughan and Lord Rees between 1st April 2026 and 31st December 2026, (value stated is the maximum), value £9,945
Date received: 1 April 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 16 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for two days a week between 1st January 2026 and 31st March 2026 (value stated is the maximum), value £3,250
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted: 1 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 5 January 2026)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

£9,147

Name of donor: Zero Hour Ltd
Address of donor: Second Floor, 123 Promenade, Cheltenham, England, GL50 1NW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus, which I chair, provided by Zero Hour Ltd, value £9,147
Date received: 15 July 2025 to 15 July 2026
Date accepted: 15 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12846343
(Registered 12 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Myleene Klass
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality to see Hans Zimmer for myself and my husband, value £450
Date received: 1 December 2025
Date accepted: 1 December 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Refugee Asylum and Migration Policy (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Transportation and food (£260 per person) and translation costs (£175 per person), value £435
Destination of visit: France (Calais)
Dates of visit: 12 June 2025 to 12 June 2025
Purpose of visit: To learn more about UK/French cooperation to tackle Channel crossings.
(Registered 4 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

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Debates

250 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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