A selection of Gareth Thomas's votes

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• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 91 votes for, 14 votes against, 38 absences, between 2006–2019
• Almost always voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2019
• Consistently voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 0 votes for, 12 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 2010–2016
• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 7 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 1999–2016

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Recent appearances

• Retail Crime Prevention — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 5 Nov 2019

  I am grateful to you, Mr Betts, for giving me the opportunity to speak. Like others, I praise my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson) for once again bringing the House’s attention to this important issue. He rightly took time out to praise USDAW, the campaigning union. It is a particularly strong campaigning union on this issue, and I acknowledge the financial support it...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Home Office: Jainism and Zoroastrianism 5 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when representatives of the (a) Jain and (b) Zoroastrian community were invited to national events organised by her Department in each of the last two years.

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Jainism and Zoroastrianism 5 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when representatives of the (a) Jain and (b) Zoroastrian community were invited to national events organised by her Department in each of the last two years.

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Profile

Former Labour/Co-operative MP for Harrow West

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015

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Social Media

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Gareth Thomas campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Health
• Cabinet Office
• Treasury
• Home Department
• Third Sector
• Consultants
• EU Law
• Procurement
• Departmental Responsibilities

Other offices held in the past

• Member, International Trade Committee (8 May 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (9 Oct 2016 to 15 Jun 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (7 Oct 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (7 Oct 2011 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (International Development) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development) (5 Oct 2008 to 5 Jun 2009)
• The Minister of State, Department for International Development (5 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary(Department for International Development) (Trade Policy) (also Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (2 Jul 2007 to 5 Oct 2008)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development) (2 Jul 2007 to 5 Oct 2008)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (13 Jun 2003 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Party Chair, Co-operative Party (1 Jul 2000 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Nov 1997 to 25 Nov 1999)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Robert Hughes
• John Page
• Albert Braithwaite
• Norman Bower

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (16 out of 20)
• Small Charitable Donations Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (14 out of 23)
• Courts Bill Committee (1 out of 7)
• Co-operatives and CommunityBenefit Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (14 out of 19)
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (7 out of 7)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Gareth Thomas’s speeches
• Has received answers to 250 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77.11% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 116 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 853 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)