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Gareth Thomas

Labour (Co-op) Harrow West

Voting record

8
Voted for
0
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Gareth Thomas’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 89%

How often Gareth Thomas voted the same way as most of the Labour (Co-op) party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Gareth Thomas doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) — Department for Business and Trade (2024-07-09 to 2025-09-07) Government
Shadow Minister (International Trade) — Department for Business and Trade (2020-04-10 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) — Department for Communities and Local Government (2016-10-09 to 2017-06-15) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) — Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2013-10-07 to 2015-03-30) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office (2011-10-07 to 2013-10-07) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (2010-10-08 to 2011-10-07) Shadow
Shadow Minister (International Development) — Department for International Development (2010-05-12 to 2010-10-08) Shadow
Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development) — Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2008-10-05 to 2009-06-05) Government
Minister of State (Department for International Development) — Department for International Development (2008-10-05 to 2010-05-06) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development) — Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2007-07-02 to 2008-10-05) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary(Department for International Development) (Trade Policy) (also Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) — Department for International Development (2007-07-02 to 2008-10-05) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development) — Department for International Development (2003-06-13 to 2007-06-28) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Gareth Thomas →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Harrow
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 27 June 2014)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Gareth Thomas yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Gareth Thomas has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£306,028.37 paid out to or for Gareth Thomas across 182 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Gareth Thomas’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £267,472.42 (12 claims)
Office Costs — £38,459.38 (169 claims)
Staff Travel — £96.57 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £106.25, 2026-03-23
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £67.24, 2026-03-18 — Mobile 80% parli usage
Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £306.54, 2026-03-13 — SHRED STATION LIMI [200013613-15242]
Stationery & printing — £124.57, 2026-03-02 — AMAZON [***] [200013613-7595]
Software & applications — £1,476.00, 2026-02-28 — ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES
Stationery & printing — £149.69, 2026-02-27 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £124.06, 2026-02-27 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £149.69, 2026-02-27 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for Gareth Thomas →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Gareth Thomas — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Gareth Thomas’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Gareth Thomas is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Mutuals — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Romania — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: UK/Romania Business (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Banking — Officer
Declared funding: Athena Foundation (£67,501-69,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Athena Foundation — about £68,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Banking).

Athena Foundation — about £68,250.50, 1 group
UK/Romania Business — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Gareth Thomas personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Gareth Thomas is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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