UK Explained
Last 12 months

How Gareth Thomas votes

Gareth Thomas voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 169 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Gareth Thomas has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Residential in Harrow27 Jun 2014

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Gareth Thomas asked 217 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Treasury58
Department of Health and Social Care32
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office18
Department for Business and Trade15
Home Office13

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Defence
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Defence
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£13,060
Office costs · claims for running an office£13,060

61 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Gareth Thomas represents Harrow West. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Gareth Thomas

Labour

MAJORITY
6,642

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
57%

of people who could vote did

Gareth Thomas won with 44% of the votes, and Abbas Merali (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 19,833
Conservative29% · 13,191
Independent10% · 4,736
Reform UK6% · 2,639
Green Party5% · 2,438
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,404
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gareth ThomasLabour19,83343.8%
Abbas MeraliConservative13,19129.2%
Pamela FitzpatrickIndependent4,1209.1%
Michael BeavisReform UK2,6395.8%
Rupert Nepal GeorgeGreen Party2,4385.4%
Chris NoyceLiberal Democrat2,4045.3%
Bharatkumar Ishverbhai PatelIndependent6161.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£876 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Open this area on its own page →

Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
View data table
MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 25100%100%
Nov 25100%100%
Dec 25100%100%
Jan 26100%100%
Feb 26100%100%
Mar 26100%100%
Apr 26100%100%
May 26100%100%
Jun 26100%100%
Jul 26100%99%
Sep 26100%100%

Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this