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Last 12 months

How Claire Young votes

Claire Young voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 179 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

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.

Claire Young has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPCamulod Ltd - £2,500.0018 Sep 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £1,140.005 Jan 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPSteve Webb - £5,000.004 Sep 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNational Liberal Club - £1,552.864 Aug 2024

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.

Claire Young asked 138 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero41
Department of Health and Social Care30
Department for Education15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13
Department for Work and Pensions11

Latest questions

8 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 16 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 14 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 14 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 14 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 14 Sep 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£25,305
Office costs · claims for running an office£18,314
Staffing · claims relating to staff£3,600
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,391

79 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Claire Young represents Thornbury and Yate. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Claire Young

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
3,014

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Claire Young won with 39% of the votes, and Luke Hall (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat39% · 20,815
Conservative33% · 17,801
Reform UK14% · 7,529
Labour9% · 5,057
Green Party4% · 2,165
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Claire YoungLiberal Democrat20,81539.0%
Luke HallConservative17,80133.4%
Andrew BanwellReform UK7,52914.1%
Rob LoganLabour5,0579.5%
Alexandra Jenner-FustGreen Party2,1654.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£754 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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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