Gareth Thomas (English politician)

Infobox MP


honorific-prefix =
name = Gareth Thomas
honorific-suffix = MP
office = Minister of State for
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
term_start = 5 October 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Lord Jones (Resigned from post)
successor =
primeminister = Gordon Brown
constituency_MP2 = Harrow West
parliament2 =
majority2 = 2,028 (4.2%)
predecessor2 = Robert Gurth Hughes
successor2 = Incumbent
term_start2 = 1 May 1997
term_end2 =
birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|07|15|df=yes
birth_place = Harrow, London
death_date =
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nationality = British
spouse =
party = Labour Co-operative
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residence =
alma_mater = Aberystwyth University, University of Greenwich, King's College London
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website = [http://www.epolitix.com/mpwebsites/mpwebsitepage/mpsite/gareth-thomas/mppage/home-66/?no_cache=1 Gareth Thomas at ePolitix.com]
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Gareth Richard Thomas (born 15 July 1967, Harrow) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow West;Thomas was first elected at the 1997 general election. Thomas is currently Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Forign Affairs in the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for International Development.

Early life

He attended Hatch End High School on "Headstone Lane" in Hatch End, then Lowlands College. At the University College of Wales Aberystwyth (became Aberystwyth University in 2007), he gained a BSc in [http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/undergrad/courses/business/economics/ Economics] in 1988. He gained a PGCE from the Thames Polytechnic in 1992. From King's College London, he gained an MA in Imperial and Commonwealth Studies in 1996. He became a teacher.

Parliamentary career

Gareth Thomas is Chair of the Co-operative Party and served as President of the 2003 Co-operative Congress.Citation | title = Congress Presidents 1869-2002| url =http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/downloadFiles/congressPresidentstable.pdf|date=February 2002| accessdate =2008-05-10] He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development in 2003 and sponsored the Industrial and Provident Societies Act through Parliament. After the 29 June 2007 reshuffle he remained at International Development whilst also being part of the new Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, being appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade Policy and Consumer Affairs. He had the responsibility of co-ordinating trade policy between the two departments. [Cite web
url=http://www.berr.gov.uk/aboutus/ministerialteam/page40241.html
title=Gareth R Thomas MP
accessdate=2008-09-21
publisher=Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform] Following Gordon Brown's latest reshuffle of 3 October 2008, Thomas was promoted to Minister of State in both departments, taking on the portfolio of Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs.

References

External links

* [http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Gareth+R+Thomas ePolitix - Gareth R Thomas] – website for constituents
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-5151,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Gareth Thomas MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/gareth_thomas/harrow_west TheyWorkForYou.com - Gareth Thomas MP]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2947765.stm Introduces Smoking Bill in 2003]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/303.stm Find Your MP | Harrow West | Gareth Thomas] – BBC News
* [http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/bio_thomas.asp Biography: Gareth R Thomas MP] – Department for International Development
* [http://www.berr.gov.uk/aboutus/ministerialteam/page40241.html Gareth R Thomas MP] – Portfolio, Biography, Speeches – Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

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NAME=Thomas, Gareth Richard
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=British politician, Labour Co-operative, Member of Parliament (MP)for Harrow West 1997—
DATE OF BIRTH=15 July 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH=Harrow, London
DATE OF DEATH=
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