Voting Record — Gareth Thomas MP, Harrow West (10594)

Gareth Thomas is currently Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade),

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 39, 0.0%	39 votes out of 62, 62.9%	0 times
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 723, 0.0%	723 votes out of 1069, 67.6%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	0 votes out of 357, 0.0%	357 votes out of 463, 77.1%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	3 votes out of 270, 1.1%	270 votes out of 467, 57.8%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	2 votes out of 842, 0.2%	842 votes out of 1239, 68.0%	1 time
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	4 votes out of 962, 0.4%	962 votes out of 1288, 74.7%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	9 votes out of 786, 1.1%	786 votes out of 1246, 63.1%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	1 vote out of 988, 0.1%	988 votes out of 1273, 77.6%	2 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
9 Jul 2024	Became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade),
House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Shadow Minister (International Trade),
20 Feb 2024	Stopped being Member, Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] Committee
7 Feb 2024	Became Member, Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] Committee
30 Nov 2022	Stopped being Member, Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Committee
23 Nov 2022	Became Member, Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Committee
18 Oct 2022	Stopped being Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee
7 Sep 2022	Became Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee
15 Jun 2021	Stopped being Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee
8 Jun 2021	Became Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee
8 Jun 2020	Stopped being Member, International Trade Committee
10 Apr 2020	Became Shadow Minister (International Trade),
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, International Trade Committee
House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, International Trade Committee
8 Jun 2019	Stopped being Party Chair, Co-operative Party,
8 May 2019	Became Member, International Trade Committee
15 Jun 2017	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government),
House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
9 Oct 2016	Became Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government),
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs),
7 Oct 2013	Became Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs),
7 Oct 2013	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
Commons	12 Jul 2013	Motion to Sit in Private	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills	Majority	aye	Rebel
7 Oct 2011	Became Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
7 Oct 2011	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
8 Oct 2010	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
8 Oct 2010	Stopped being Shadow Minister (International Development),
12 May 2010	Became Shadow Minister (International Development),
6 May 2010	Stopped being The Minister of State, Department for International Development,
House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
5 Jun 2009	Stopped being Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development),
Commons	13 Mar 2009	Prayers — Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
5 Oct 2008	Became The Minister of State, Department for International Development,
5 Oct 2008	Became Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development),
5 Oct 2008	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary(Department for International Development) (Trade Policy) (also Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform),
5 Oct 2008	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development),
2 Jul 2007	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary(Department for International Development) (Trade Policy) (also Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform),
2 Jul 2007	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development),
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development,
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
13 Jun 2003	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development,
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Gareth Thomas	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Feb 2001	Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
1 Jul 2000	Became Party Chair, Co-operative Party,
25 Nov 1999	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	19 Mar 1999	Referendums Bill	tellno	no	Teller
12 Nov 1997	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
15%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6%	Academy Schools - for
90%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
77%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
42%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
82%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
39%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
16%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
89%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
81%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32%	Closed Material Proceedure
22%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
88%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
19%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
82%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
52%	Employment rights
16%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
77%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
90%	Environmental water quality
11%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
76%	European Union Integration - For
4%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
88%	Fire Safety
38%	Fixed Term Parliaments
63%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
60%	Fully Elected House of Lords
77%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
60%	Further devolution to Scotland
67%	Further devolution to Wales
46%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
83%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
88%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
34%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
59%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
96%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
56%	HS2 - In Favour
86%	Human Rights and Equality
92%	Identity cards - For introduction
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
67%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
27%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
29%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
15%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
95%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
41%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
42%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
68%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
57%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
4%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
91%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
65%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
18%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
58%	Nuclear power - For
68%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
10%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
8%	Police and Crime Commissioners
93%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
7%	Post office closures - against
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
35%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
95%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
28%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
83%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
54%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21%	Reduce capital gains tax
5%	Reduce central funding for local government
70%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
10%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
23%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
22%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
88%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
46%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
21%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
63%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
82%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
75%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
13%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
67%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
79%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
16%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
89%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
75%	Stop climate change
79%	Support current and former armed service members
33%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
19%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
13%	Tougher on illegal immigration
10%	Trade Unions - Restrict
46%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
11%	Transparency of Parliament
71%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
57%	University Tuition Fees - For
88%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Gareth Thomas MP, Harrow West (10594)

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