Olivia Blake, MP for Sheffield Hallam
Olivia Blake has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Environmental Audit Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2021 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Great British Energy Bill | 2024 | |
| Energy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill | 2023 | |
| Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill | 2022 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 2021 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2020 to 2021 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Olivia Blake has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £7,458.75 | 16 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £3,250.00 | 5 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Myleene Klass - £450.00 | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Zero Hour Ltd - £9,147.00 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £19,500.00 | 2 Apr 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Olivia Blake asked 76 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
40 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Olivia Blake represents Sheffield Hallam. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Olivia Blake won with 46% of the votes, and Shaffaq Mohammed (Liberal Democrat) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Blake | Labour | 23,875 | 46.3% |
| Shaffaq Mohammed | Liberal Democrat | 15,686 | 30.4% |
| Issac Howarth | Conservative | 6,205 | 12.0% |
| Jason Leman | Green Party | 4,491 | 8.7% |
| Andrew Cowell | Social Democratic Party | 654 | 1.3% |
| Sam Chapman | Rejoin EU | 409 | 0.8% |
| Mo Moui-Tabrizy | Workers Party of Britain | 281 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Olivia Blake took part in 194 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Olivia Blake voted the same way as their party in 192 of the 192 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this