At a glanceClaire Young is a Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury and Yate, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 404 votes in Commons divisions (70% attendance), tabled 182 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Claire Young did not vote in 155. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee since 17 Dec 2025
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Liberal Democrat Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Thornbury and Yate Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Ian Sollom
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 389 of 389 shared votes
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Marie Goldman
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 377 of 377 shared votes
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Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 376 of 376 shared votes
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Alison Bennett
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 375 of 375 shared votes
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Steff Aquarone
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 373 of 373 shared votes
Votes least like
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Labour
12.0% · 29 of 241 shared votes
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Neil Coyle
Labour
13.6% · 44 of 323 shared votes
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Mary Creagh
Labour
13.7% · 37 of 271 shared votes
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Douglas McAllister
Labour
14.8% · 55 of 372 shared votes
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Anneliese Midgley
Labour
15.0% · 47 of 314 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Steve Webb - £5,000.00 (registered 4 Sep 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 (registered 5 Jan 2026)
- National Liberal Club - £1,552.86 (registered 4 Aug 2024)
Written questions
Nuclear Power: Apprentices and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to develop the skills and apprenticeships required to support new jobs in the nuclear sector.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
Skills England are currently working closely with employers and other stakeholders from across the nuclear sector to revise and update some of these standards, to ensure that they meet the current and future skills needs of the sector and can be delivered...
Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of fully transitioning older renewable projects away from Renewable Obligation Certificates and on to Contracts for Difference.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The existing Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has been successful in bringing forward new renewable generation at fixed, competitive prices. CfDs are already helping to reduce consumers’ exposure to gas price volatility. The Government has announced ...
Renewables Obligation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of moving the cost of the Renewables Obligation levy from household energy bills to general taxation.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
At last year’s Budget, the Chancellor took the decision to fund 75% of the domestic share of the Renewables Obligation through the Exchequer and ended the levy-funded Energy Company Obligation. These decisions took on average £150 of costs off household e...
Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to remove the renewable obligation levy.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
Since 1 April this year, 75% of the domestic costs of the Renewables Obligation (RO) have been funded by the Exchequer. This shifts the balance from levies on bills to public spending, resulting in an average £150 reduction in energy costs. Over three yea...
Renewable Energy: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on expanding and developing renewable infrastructure to match renewables expansion.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the infrastructure required to support the Government’s clean energy mission. Through our Clean Power 2030 mission, the Government is working across Whitehall to accelerate the deve...
Energy: Consumption
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of allowing customers to share their energy use data with suppliers to improve energy switching and market choice.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
A consumer’s energy supplier can already access their gas and electricity consumption data for regulated purposes such as billing. Consumers have a choice about the granularity of data that is provided to their supplier. Smart meters automatically send ho...
Business Premises: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of opening up business energy data on forecasting, carbon reporting and decarbonisation in non-domestic buildings.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The Government recognises the importance of energy data in managing energy use and planning the deployment of energy savings measures. There is significant existing reporting for non-domestic buildings, much of which is already publicly available, includi...
Natural Gas: Consumption
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 household gas consumption data more available for energy suppliers.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
A consumer’s energy supplier can already access their gas and electricity consumption data for regulated purposes such as billing. Consumers have a choice about the granularity of data that is provided to their supplier. Smart meters automatically send ho...
Early day motions
| 15 Jul 2026 | Hedgehog Rescue | 13 sig. |
| 2 Jul 2026 | HMP Eastwood Park Bees' Needs Award Champion | 5 sig. |
| 29 Jun 2026 | M49 Severnside Junction | 10 sig. |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Prosecution of parents of children with SEND for school absence | 40 sig. |
| 19 May 2026 | M48 Severn Bridge | 8 sig. |
| 19 May 2026 | South Glos Parent Carers forum | 6 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Families in rural communities may spend the next six weeks finding out that the Government’s “kids go free” scheme is not designed for them. In Thornbury and Yate, the Government are funding First Bus, but not the rural local bus companies…
16 Jul 2026 National Planning Policy Framework
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wells and Mendip Hills (Tessa Munt) for securing this debate. My constituency is large and rural, containing the towns of Thornbury, Yate…
14 Jul 2026 Health of Children and Young People
Fewer than half of the children in my constituency have seen an NHS dentist in the last two years, exacerbating health inequalities. The supervised toothbrushing programme is being evaluated for its effectiveness, but I hear uptake is low.…
13 Jul 2026 State of Climate and Nature
Some schools in my constituency were forced to close during the recent red alert heatwave, causing disruption and loss of learning, so could the Minister explain what discussions she has had with the Department for Education about preparin…
7 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Private companies looking to deploy new nuclear at Oldbury will need to address skills shortages, particularly around roles such as welding. When assessing proposals for the site, how will Ministers ensure developers invest in skills so th…
7 Jul 2026 Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Power by the RR SMR) Regulations 2026
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. The Liberal Democrats support the justification for the Rolls-Royce small modular reactor, or RR SMR, and the development of SMRs in general. We recognise their potential to s…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
One of my hard-working caseworkers attended one of the virtual surgeries that have been mentioned, but every single update they received was wrong. Lump sums, quotes, paperwork and complaint responses were all said to have been sent out, y…
25 Jun 2026 Business of the House
Freeholders on private estates currently face unregulated service charges and have no meaningful recourse if managing agents are incompetent. In January, the Minister of State for Housing committed to tackling these so-called fleecehold sc…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
On seeing a new development recently, I was dismayed that the developer said they were not putting in heat pumps because the cost of electricity meant that people would rather have gas boilers. Does my hon. Friend agree that if we removed …
24 Jun 2026 Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
If the Government really believe that food security is national security, that must mean shortening supply chains and increasing local food production. The Secretary of State referred earlier to field to fork, but what new concrete steps w…
23 Jun 2026 Business Rates
When I met Chipping Sodbury chamber of commerce recently, business owners told me that the business rates system is broken and unfair, in part because it is based on turnover, not profit. In response to a letter, the Exchequer Secretary pr…
23 Jun 2026 Business Rates
5. What steps she is taking to reform business rates.
18 Jun 2026 Warehouse development in Pilning
The lives of people in and around Pilning are blighted by giant warehouses being built under outdated 1950s planning consents, which lack modern safeguards. The Severnside Warehouse Action group has already presented a petition with over 2…
18 Jun 2026 Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wonder if you could assist the House. The Department for Transport has this afternoon published the Heathrow expansion national policy statement, the HENPS, alongside supporting documents in a m…
18 Jun 2026 Business of the House
Nearly seven years ago, National Highways spent £40 million building a ghost junction on the M49 that was left entirely unconnected to the local road network. South Gloucestershire council stepped in and is on track to complete the slip ro…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
I absolutely agree. I could also highlight many other anomalies that affect the wider hospitality and attraction industry. At the Horseshoe in Chipping Sodbury, I met Matthew Lewis of the Independent Pub Alliance. The ask from the pub t…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
I agree. The Swan has been taking on apprentices, but many pubs are unable to do so because of the challenges. There is often a lack of opportunities in our villages and, with transport issues, it can be difficult to travel to places where…
17 Jun 2026 Rural Pubs: Fiscal Support
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) for securing this debate. The Lamb Inn in Iron Acton was built in 1690. It is believed that Mary and Will…
15 Jun 2026 NHS Dentistry
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil (Adam Dance) for leading today’s debate. Across my Thornbury and Yate constituency, the lack of dental practices providing NHS services has been particularly acute. As I put it to the Minister …
9 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
T5. Despite numbers accessing NHS dentists rising nationally, in South Gloucestershire they are falling, where less than a third of adults and half the number of children have been seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years. With no N…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Elections contested
- Thornbury and Yate 12 Dec 2019
- Thornbury and Yate 8 Jun 2017
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 3000
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Poole Court, Poole Court Drive, Yate, BS37 5PP
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Claire Young, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Claire Young?
Claire Young is a Member of Parliament representing Thornbury and Yate in the House of Commons. See Claire Young's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Claire Young represent?
Claire Young sits as Liberal Democrat. See Claire Young's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Claire Young represent?
Claire Young is the Member of Parliament for Thornbury and Yate. See Claire Young's official Parliament profile.
How long has Claire Young been an MP?
Claire Young has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Claire Young's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Claire Young?
Claire Young has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Claire Young's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.