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'''Sarah Olney''' was confirmed on 30 October 2016 as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the [[2016 Richmond Park by-election]], four days after being interviewed on the [[BBC]]'s ''Daily Politics'' programme.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/daily_politics/status/791229958714556417 "@afneil asks @sarahjolney1 if she will still be Lib Dem candidate to challenge Zac Goldsmith in #richmondbyelection"]''</ref>
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'''Sarah Olney''' is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Richmond Park who defeated the former Tory MP [[Zac Goldsmith]] in a [[2016 Richmond Park by-election|by-election]] on 1 December 2016. Overturning his 23,015 majority, she took a fraction under 50% of the entire vote to record a majority of 1,872. Large numbers of local Labour voters backed her, with the Labour candidate, [[Christian Wolmar]], losing his deposit.
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Sarah Olney said that voters had:
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:“sent a shockwave through this Conservative [[Brexit]] government.”
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She added:
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:“And our message is clear: we do not want a hard Brexit. We do not want to pull out of the single market. We will not let intolerance, division and fear win.”<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/02/lib-dems-unseat-zac-goldsmith-in-richmond-park-byelection "Richmond Park byelection: Tory Brexit voters switched to us, say Lib Dems"]''</ref>
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==Candidature confirmed==
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Sarah Olney was confirmed on 30 October 2016 as the Lib Dem candidate in the [[2016 Richmond Park by-election]], four days after being interviewed on the [[BBC]]'s ''Daily Politics'' programme.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/daily_politics/status/791229958714556417 "@afneil asks @sarahjolney1 if she will still be Lib Dem candidate to challenge Zac Goldsmith in #richmondbyelection"]''</ref>
  
Sarah Olney said overturning [[Zac Goldsmith]]'s 23,015 majority was "incredibly doable" for the Lib Dems, who held the south-west London seat from 1997 until 2010, and finished second in the [[UK/2015 General election|2015 General Election]].
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She said overturning [[Zac Goldsmith]]'s 23,015 majority was "incredibly doable" for the Lib Dems, who held the south-west London seat from 1997 until 2010, and finished second in the [[UK/2015 General election|2015 General Election]].
  
Although Zac Goldsmith has said he wants the vote, on 1 December 2016, to be a referendum on the government's decision to back a third runway at Heathrow airport, Sarah Olney, who also opposes Heathrow expansion, told ''Sky News'':
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Although Zac Goldsmith has said he wanted the vote, on 1 December 2016, to be a referendum on the government's decision to back a third runway at Heathrow airport, Sarah Olney, who also opposes Heathrow expansion, told ''Sky News'':
 
:[[Brexit]] - which Zac Goldsmith backed, unlike most Richmond voters - would "obviously" emerge as another campaign issue.<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37816950 "Sarah Olney to fight Richmond by-election for Lib Dems"]''</ref>
 
:[[Brexit]] - which Zac Goldsmith backed, unlike most Richmond voters - would "obviously" emerge as another campaign issue.<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37816950 "Sarah Olney to fight Richmond by-election for Lib Dems"]''</ref>
 
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In office
1 December 2016 - Present

Sarah Olney is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Richmond Park who defeated the former Tory MP Zac Goldsmith in a by-election on 1 December 2016. Overturning his 23,015 majority, she took a fraction under 50% of the entire vote to record a majority of 1,872. Large numbers of local Labour voters backed her, with the Labour candidate, Christian Wolmar, losing his deposit.

Sarah Olney said that voters had:

“sent a shockwave through this Conservative Brexit government.”

She added:

“And our message is clear: we do not want a hard Brexit. We do not want to pull out of the single market. We will not let intolerance, division and fear win.”[1]

Candidature confirmed

Sarah Olney was confirmed on 30 October 2016 as the Lib Dem candidate in the 2016 Richmond Park by-election, four days after being interviewed on the BBC's Daily Politics programme.[2]

She said overturning Zac Goldsmith's 23,015 majority was "incredibly doable" for the Lib Dems, who held the south-west London seat from 1997 until 2010, and finished second in the 2015 General Election.

Although Zac Goldsmith has said he wanted the vote, on 1 December 2016, to be a referendum on the government's decision to back a third runway at Heathrow airport, Sarah Olney, who also opposes Heathrow expansion, told Sky News:

Brexit - which Zac Goldsmith backed, unlike most Richmond voters - would "obviously" emerge as another campaign issue.[3]

 

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Document:Richmond Park prospective candidate: I would vote against Article 50 in ParliamentStatement4 November 2016Christian WolmarStatement by Labour Party prospective parliamentary candidate Christian Wolmar who aims to win the 2016 Richmond Park by-election
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