About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Derek Thomas) represents you, and all of the people who live in St Ives, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Conservative MP for St Ives

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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Topics of interest

Derek Thomas campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Department for Environment
  • Food and Rural Affairs
  • Department of Health
  • Department for Education
  • Treasury
  • Brain: Tumours
  • Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments
  • Non-native Species
  • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
  • Sign Language: Education

Currently held offices

  • Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (since 11 Dec 2023)
  • Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Committee (14 Jun 2023 to 19 Jun 2023)
  • Member, Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill Committee (18 Jan 2023 to 25 Jan 2023)
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (13 May 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Work and Pensions Committee (26 Nov 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Health and Social Care Committee (20 Feb 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
From 4 October 2017, house and adjacent retail outlet in West Cornwall, owned jointly with my wife who receives the rental income: (i) and, from 1 May 2021, (ii). (Registered 30 October 2017; updated 03 November 2021)
8. Miscellaneous
Sole Trader, Derek Thomas Building Services, not currently engaged in trading. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Since December 2015, an interest below registrable value in Mustard Seed Property Ltd, a community benefit society which provides housing in Cornwall for vulnerable people. (Registered 19 October 2016)
From 21 May 2019, Trustee and founding member of the Cornwall Sport Foundation. (Registered 03 November 2021)

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