Olivia Bailey MP: votes, interests and costs
Olivia Bailey represents Reading West and Mid Berkshire in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Olivia Bailey sits on 3 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Women and Equalities Committee | 14 September 2026 | Current |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 14 September 2026 | Current |
| Draft Conversion Practices Bill (Joint Committee) | 10 September 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) | Department for Education | 7 September 2025 | 22 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Pension Schemes Bill | 15 July 2025 | 11 September 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 039be6bd09db.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 5 entries for Olivia Bailey: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (3), Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 24 February 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Kevin Craig - £2,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,000.00
- Name of the donor: Kevin Craig
- Status of the donor: Individual
Linda Riley - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Name of the donor: Linda Riley
- Status of the donor: Individual
Fionnuala McGoldrick employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Director
- Name of employer: SHGH Global Holdings
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Fionnuala McGoldrick
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
Unison South East - £1,900.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: 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
- Value of the benefit: £1,900.00
- Name of the donor: Unison South East
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Appointed to the Council of Management of The Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-01-01
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-09-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £168,749 for Olivia Bailey in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £27,893 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £168,749.33 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,893.20 |
| Accommodation: spent | £199.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £13,333.28 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Reading West and Mid Berkshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Intern ×2 (fixed term part time), Intern ×3 (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Olivia Bailey voted in the House of Commons: 456 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 49 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Olivia Bailey voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 23 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Olivia Bailey has tabled 10 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Business and Trade, Department of Health and Social Care and 1 other departments.
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that rural communities have access to affordable housing.
Business: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the regulatory environment for businesses in Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency.
Dementia: Reading West and Mid Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 11 November 2024 to Questions 12677, 12678 and 12679 on Dementia: Reading West and Mid Berkshire, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of collecting data o …
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ban conversion practices.
Dementia: Reading West and Mid Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for a dementia assessment is in Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency.
Dementia: Reading West and Mid Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are waiting for an appointment with a Memory Assessment Service for a dementia assessment in Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency as of 4 November 2024.
Dementia: Reading West and Mid Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people living with dementia in Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency received a (a) care plan review and (b) new care plan in financial year 2023/24.
Sterilisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people requested (a) vasectomies and (b) tubal ligations in the last five years.
Sterilisation: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost was of (a) vasectomies and (b) tubal ligations for (i) day cases and (ii) elective inpatients in the latest period for which data is available.
Sterilisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) vasectomy reversals and (b) female sterilisation reversals were (i) requested and (ii) performed in the last five years.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b6ff6392191f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Olivia Bailey.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Reading West and Mid Berkshire returned Olivia Bailey with a majority of 1,361: 16,273 votes, 35.0% of those cast, against 14,912 for Ross Mackinnon. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Reading West and Mid Berkshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.