Claire Young MP: votes, interests and costs
Claire Young (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Thornbury and Yate, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Claire Young sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] | 17 December 2025 | Current |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 79ca7a775dde.
Register of interests
Claire Young has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 4 August 2024 and the latest on 18 September 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Camulod Ltd - £2,500.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,500.00
- Name of the donor: Camulod Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Camulod Ltd
- Company registration number: 11311218
- Source of company identifier: Companies House
National Liberal Club - £1,140.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Free (honourary) membership of the National Liberal Club from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,140.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
National Liberal Club - £1,552.86
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: free membership of the National Liberal Club from 15 August 2024 to 21 December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £1,552.86
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-07-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-07-24
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Claire Young's 2024-25 staffing spend as £153,399 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £25,789 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £153,399.12 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,788.78 |
| Accommodation: spent | £17,432.74 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,543.04 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Thornbury and Yate CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Claire Young is recorded voting in 449 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 38 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Claire Young voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading No; Programme Motion No |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye; New Clause 7 Aye; Amendment 51 Aye; New Clause 21 Aye; Amendment 47 Aye; Amendment 4 Aye; Amendment 23 Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 Aye; Amendment 1 Aye; New Clause 25 Aye |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: Aye |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 142 No; Report Stage: New Clause 140 Teller for the Ayes; Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 6 Aye |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 Teller for the Ayes |
| 13 July 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Teller for the Noes; Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No |
| 6 July 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1: Aye |
| 22 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11: Aye |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 215 written questions have been tabled by Claire Young, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Transport, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .
New Businesses: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the accessibility for disabled people of GOV.UK guidance on setting up a business; and what steps she plans to take to improve it.
M49
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contract awarded by National Highways for the construction of the M49 junction 1 at Severnside was let as a design and build contract or as a construction only contract; and whether responsibility f …
M49
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contract awarded by National Highways for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside was let on a fixed price basis or on a basis under which the final sum payable to the contractor could vary; and what the ( …
M49
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions the contract for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside contained requiring the contractor to remedy defects at its own cost; and whether National Highways has sought to recover any sums from the cont …
M49
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways has referred, or intends to refer, the dispute over defects identified at the M49 Severnside junction 1 to adjudication under the dispute resolution provisions of its construction cont …
New Businesses: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the level of the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing start up funding; and what steps he plans to take to reduce them.
M49
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether sums have been paid to the contractor for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside in addition to the original contract value in respect of variations, compensation events or claims.
Youth Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the type of jobs into which those leaving youth work enter.
Youth Work: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the levels of social benefit obtained from investing in youth work provision.
Youth Work: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how rurality is taken into account when allocating funding for youth work.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b18bf89a0cc1. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Claire Young.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 3,014 for Claire Young in Thornbury and Yate in July 2024, from 20,815 votes on a turnout of 68.3%. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Thornbury and Yate figures
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