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
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 53,367 voters
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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2 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 25 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 25 Nov 2025
3 AYE1 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 24 Nov 2025
7 NOPlanning and Infrastructure Bill
7 votes · 13 Nov 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
7 votes · 13 Nov 2025
5 NOEmployment Rights Bill
5 votes · 5 Nov 2025
Employment Rights Bill
5 votes · 5 Nov 2025
3 AYESentencing Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 29 Oct 2025
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
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Steve Webb
£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
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
- 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
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
- 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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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