Gareth Thomas (English politician)

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Gareth Thomas MP
Gareth Thomas (English politician)
Member of Parliament
for Harrow West
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1 May 1997
Preceded by Robert Gurth Hughes
Born 15 July 1967 (1967-07-15) (age 40)
Harrow, London
Nationality British
Political party Labour Co-operative

Gareth Richard Thomas (born July 15, 1967, Harrow) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow West, and was first elected at the 1997 general election.

Gareth Thomas is Chair of the Co-operative Party and served as President of the 2003 Co-operative Congress.[1]. He has served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development since 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. He has the responsibility of co-ordinating trade policy between the two departments.

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  1. ^ Congress Presidents 1869-2002, February 2002, <http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/downloadFiles/congressPresidentstable.pdf>. Retrieved on 10 May 2008 
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Gurth Hughes		 Member of Parliament for Harrow West
1997 – present		 Incumbent


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


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