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Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas MP

Labour (Co-op) · Harrow West · HA1 4EP

Key facts

Party Labour (Co-op) (Lab)
ConstituencyHarrow West
First elected1 May 1997
ResultLab Hold
GenderM
Emailgareth.thomas.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 4243
Websitehttp://www.gareththomas.org.uk/

Election results

Results for Harrow West at the most recent general election.

Gareth Thomas
Labour 19833 43.8%
Abbas Merali
Conservative 13191 29.2%
Pamela Fitzpatrick
Independent 4120 9.1%
Michael Beavis
Reform UK 2639 5.8%
Rupert Nepal George
Green Party 2438 5.4%
Chris Noyce
Liberal Democrat 2404 5.3%
Bharatkumar Ishverbhai Patel
Independent 616 1.4%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) 9 July 2024 7 September 2025
Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development) 5 October 2008 5 June 2009
Minister of State (Department for International Development) 5 October 2008 6 May 2010
Parliamentary Under-Secretary(Department for International Development) (Trade Policy) (also Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) 2 July 2007 5 October 2008
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development) 2 July 2007 5 October 2008
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development) 13 June 2003 28 June 2007

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (International Trade) 10 April 2020 30 May 2024
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) 9 October 2016 15 June 2017
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) 7 October 2013 30 March 2015
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) 7 October 2011 7 October 2013
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) 8 October 2010 7 October 2011
Shadow Minister (International Development) 12 May 2010 8 October 2010

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Environmental Audit Committee 12 November 1997 25 November 1999
International Trade Committee 2 March 2020 8 June 2020
International Trade Committee 8 May 2019 6 November 2019
Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill 8 June 2021 15 June 2021
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill 7 September 2022 18 October 2022
Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill 23 November 2022 30 November 2022
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] 7 February 2024 20 February 2024

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Harrow West Present
Harrow West Present
Harrow West Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 1 May 1997 Present