Sarah Dyke MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Glastonbury and Somerton is Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat), MP there since 20 July 2023. Current post: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Rural Affairs), held since 1 October 2025.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Sarah Dyke, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Rural Affairs) | Opposition Department | 1 October 2025 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 96ea16ed3178.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Sarah Dyke: Miscellaneous (2), Shareholdings (1). The most recent was registered on 10 August 2023. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Shares in Vintage Ghetto
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which interest in the holding ended: 2024-11-12
- Name of the company or partnership: Vintage Ghetto
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: A retail company
Director of Vintage Ghetto (unpaid).
- Date on which the interest ended: 2024-11-12
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of Wincanton Recreational Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Sarah Dyke's office spent £236,610 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £146,886. IPSA lists office spending of £27,642 in the same year. 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 | 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £236,609.86 | £146,885.76 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,642.15 | £18,617.69 |
| Accommodation: spent | £22,202.49 | £10,709.04 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,083.21 | £4,077.28 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Glastonbury and Somerton CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Research Officer (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×3 (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent part time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (permanent part time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Press Officer (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Personal Assistant (permanent part time), Communications Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Sarah Dyke is recorded voting in 372 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 27 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Sarah Dyke voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Sarah Dyke has tabled 218 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Cabinet Office, Department of Health and Social Care and 1 other departments.
Cider
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of continued decline in the cider market on cider apple orchards and farmers who depend on them.
Agriculture: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that whole supply chain emissions reporting requires clear disclosure of gross emissions, and does not permit narrower Scope 1 and 2 repor …
Dairy Farming: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of how the costs of emissions reductions in the dairy supply chain are distributed between producers, processors, retailers and consumers.
Agriculture: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support is available to farmers for protecting existing carbon stores such as peatland, permanent grassland, hedgerows, woodland and mature trees.
Livestock: Methane
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using GWP* alongside GWP100 to account for methane emissions from livestock, in order to reflect whether herd-level e …
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of recognising existing carbon stocks held in peatland, permanent pasture, hedgerows and woodland on farms, in addition …
Agriculture: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that agricultural carbon reporting frameworks distinguish clearly between independently verified data, modelled estimates and elements tha …
UK Trade with EU
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of levels of economic cooperation with the EU on businesses.
Medical Examiners: Death Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of average waiting times for Medical Examiner scrutiny of deaths since the statutory extension of the service to all deaths in England and Wales; …
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on average waiting times for appointments to register a death at register offices in England and Wales; and what assessment she has made of the impact of any dela …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 009a2d9fbaa4. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sarah Dyke.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 6,611 for Sarah Dyke in Glastonbury and Somerton in July 2024, from 20,364 votes on a turnout of 65.0%. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Glastonbury and Somerton 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.