Claire Young

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Claire Young is the Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury and Yate, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

415

Votes Cast

£203,164

Expenses 2024-25

3,014

Majority

39.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£203,164

Staffing£153,399
Office£25,789
Accommodation£17,433
Travel£6,543

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 53,367 voters

Liberal Democrat
20,815 votes39.0%
Conservative
17,801 votes33.4%
Reform UK
7,529 votes14.1%
Labour
5,057 votes9.5%
Green Party
2,165 votes4.1%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

199

Written Questions

32

Oral Questions

190

Debates Spoken In

236

Speeches

415

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Financial Interests(3)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Steve Webb

£5,000

£5,000
Name of donor
Steve Webb
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£5,000
Donor status
individual

Registered 4 September 2025

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

15 August 2024 to 21 December 2025

free membership of the National Liberal Club from 15 August 2024 to 21 December 2025

8 July 2024 to 31 December 2025

£1,553
Name of donor
National Liberal Club
Address of donor
1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
free membership of the National Liberal Club from 15 August 2024 to 21 December 2025, value £1,552.86
Date received
8 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted
24 July 2024
Donor status
unincorporated association

Registered 4 August 2024

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

Free (honourary) membership of the National Liberal Club from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

£1,140
Name of donor
National Liberal Club
Address of donor
1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Free (honourary) membership of the National Liberal Club from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026, value £1,140
Date received
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted
1 January 2026
Donor status
unincorporated association

Registered 5 January 2026

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Claire in Parliament

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is implementing contract reforms to help support NHS dental provision and recruitment.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care18 Mar 2026

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of instances in the Capacity Market where consumers paid for capacity th

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero9 Mar 2026

Heat Batteries: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making a formal recommendation to HM Treasury on extending VAT

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero9 Mar 2026

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps is the Government taking to protect rural and semi-rural households from fuel poverty resulting from increases in heating oil

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero9 Mar 2026

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process her Department has in place to help ensure that Plan 2 student loan borrowers are informed of any changes made to their repayment terms.

AnsweredDepartment for Education9 Mar 2026

NHS: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS bodies are permitted to award contracts in which the contractor's remuneration is linked to reductions in patient care expenditure

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Mar 2026

Heat Batteries: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the VAT treatment of heat batteries.

AnsweredTreasury4 Mar 2026

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the projected funding required to meet the fuel poverty targets set out in the Fuel Poverty Str

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero26 Feb 2026

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made towards meeting the statutory fuel poverty targets by 2030.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero26 Feb 2026

Park Homes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the mandatory 10% resale levy payable by park home residents to sit

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government26 Feb 2026
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