Sarah Olney

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Person.png Sarah Olney   TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Sarah Olney.jpg
Born1977
Alma materKing's College London
SpouseBen
PartyLiberal Democrats

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Richmond Park

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]

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
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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