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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8 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
3 NOCrime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
6 NOPension Schemes Bill
6 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
6 votes · 15 Apr 2026
4 NOChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
4 NOCrime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 14 Apr 2026
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
Civil Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to strengthen communities in the aftermath of the recent riots.
Right to Buy Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to communicate the recent changes to the Right to Buy scheme to eligible social housing tenants.
Renewable Energy: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support job creation in the renewable energy sector.
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support (a) people with dementia and (b) their carers.
Tourism: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of a tax on tourism.
Community Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of incentivising people serving non-violent custodial sentences to undertake more community servic
Social Services: Disability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason her Department categorises social care providers specialising in supporting working-aged disabled adults as businesses rather than public servic
National Insurance Contributions: Exemptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to exempt (a) academy trusts, (b) further education colleges, (c) the NHS and (d) other public services from the increase to employ
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.72 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on
Peatlands: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the target for peatland restoration to help meet net zero targets.
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