Gareth Thomas
Born
1967
Harrow
School
Hatch End High School
State non-selective
University
King's College London
In office
8.1 years
Longer than 82% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
KS
Appointed by Keir Starmer
1 post · 2024–2025
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Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports
GB
Appointed by Gordon Brown
3 posts · 2007–2009
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Minister of State, DfID
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Minister for Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, BERR
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
1 post · 2003–2008
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Minister for Trade Policy
Career
No career outside Parliament is documented for Gareth Thomas.
Voting record
1,581
votes since 2016
1
votes against their own party, 0.1% of 1,551 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 148 votes
30
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- No
- No
- No
- No
- AyeTobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading2024-04-16
- No
- Aye
- Aye
Votes against their party latest 1
- NoComprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada2017-02-08 · Brexit & EU
Read the full voting transcript (1,581 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
14
private member's bills, 14 as lead sponsor
0
of them became law
1
government bills put forward as a minister
0
of them became law
Government bills 1
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Postal Services Bill [HL]2009 · Government bill · co-sponsor
Private member's bills 14
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Went no further than first reading
Banks (Financial Exclusion and Access to Finance) Bill2026 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Public Amenities (Adoption by Local Authorities) Bill2024 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Co-operatives (Permanent Shares) Bill2023 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Goods and Services of UK Origin Bill2021 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
European Union Withdrawal Agreement (Public Vote) Bill2018 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Mutualisation of the Royal Bank of Scotland Bill2016 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Profit-Sharing and Company Governance (Employees' Participation) Bill2016 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Devolution (London) Bill2015 · Private member's bill (presentation)
All 14 private member's bills
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Went no further than first reading
National Health Service and Care Sector Workers (Credit Union and High Cost Credit) Bill2014 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Credit Union (Armed Forces) Bill2013 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Housing Market Reform Bill2013 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Energy Generation (Planning and Right to Invest) Bill2012 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Private Pensions (Charges, Disclosure and Accountability) Bill2012 · Private member's bill (presentation)
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Went no further than first reading
Royal Commission (London) Bill2010 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.
Interests and jobs after office
Land & property1
1 entry
- Residential in Harrow2014-06-27
Current Register of Members' Financial Interests only.