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How Yuan Yang votes

Yuan Yang voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 206 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 voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame 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.

Yuan Yang has 17 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPEcotricity Group Ltd - £15,000.008 Jul 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPThomas Andrew Grand - £30,000.008 Jul 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 19 May 2026 - £1,081.8727 May 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to United States between 12 April 2026 and 15 April 202621 Apr 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Germany between 12 February 2026 and 15 February 20263 Mar 2026
MiscellaneousSecretary and Member of Executive Committee of Tribune Group of Labour MPs. This is an unpaid role.30 Jan 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPEric Lonergan - £5,000.0025 Nov 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesEdinburgh Book Festival - £373.5024 Nov 2025
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in London11 Nov 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 21 October 2025 - £2,918.5123 Oct 2025
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TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesEdinburgh Book Festival - £600.0025 Sep 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 09 September 2025 - £300.0010 Sep 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJeremy Oppenheim - £2,000.0010 Sep 2025
Employment and earningsPolish edition of book published - Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal Ltd21 Nov 2024
MiscellaneousMember of the House Magazine Advisory Board. This is an unpaid role.15 Nov 2024
Employment and earningsSpeaking engagement - Edinburgh International Book Festival18 Sep 2024
Employment and earningsWriting a book - RCW Literary Agency16 Jul 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.

Yuan Yang asked 17 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Home Office9
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2
Department for Work and Pensions2
Department of Health and Social Care2
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology1

Latest questions

1 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 7 Jul 2026
15 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 23 Jun 2026
29 May 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 3 Jun 2026
13 May 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 19 May 2026
13 May 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 19 May 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
£13,565
Office costs · claims for running an office£13,413
Staffing · claims relating to staff£152

51 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

Yuan Yang represents Earley and Woodley. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Yuan Yang

Labour

MAJORITY
848

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Yuan Yang won with 40% of the votes, and Pauline Jorgensen (Conservative) came second with 38%.

Votes for each party

Labour40% · 18,209
Conservative38% · 17,361
Liberal Democrat13% · 6,142
Green Party7% · 3,418
Social Democratic Party2% · 784
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Yuan YangLabour18,20939.7%
Pauline JorgensenConservative17,36137.8%
Tahir MaherLiberal Democrat6,14213.4%
Gary ShackladyGreen Party3,4187.4%
Alastair HunterSocial Democratic Party7841.7%

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
£933 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
2.6%
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
This MPParty average
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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