Fred Thomas MP: votes, interests and costs
Fred Thomas represents Plymouth Moor View in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Fred Thomas as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Defence Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d5cf1e5dd661.
Register of interests
Fred Thomas has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 15 July 2024 and the latest on 20 May 2026. By category: Visits outside the UK (2), Miscellaneous (2), Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Germany between 08 May 2026 and 11 May 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Policy Mission Fellowship residency (Germany leg) bringing together cross-party parliamentarians from across Europe to collaborate on innovative policy solutions.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-05-08
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-05-11
APROPOS Group - £1,872.25
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Policy Mission Fellowship residency (UK leg) bringing together cross-party parliamentarians from across Europe to collaborate on innovative policy solutions. Accommodation/venue: £1320.50; catering: £551.75
- Value of the benefit: £1,872.25
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-11
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-11
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-03-15
- Name of the donor: APROPOS Group
- Status of the donor: Other
International visit to Finland between 26 November 2025 and 29 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Study trip undertaken by a member of my staff to learn about comprehensive security, Finnish and foreign security policy, and Finland's accession into NATO.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-26
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-29
Honorary unpaid position as 'ambassador' for the HALO Trust, the UK mine clearance and conflict prevention charity.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-09-08
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of Gwithian Chapel Ltd, small village charity that owns and administrates a community hall. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £169,706 for Fred Thomas in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £28,365 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £169,705.68 |
| Office costs: spent | £28,365.35 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,728.97 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,824.91 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Plymouth Moor View BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (fixed term full time), Intern (fixed term full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Senior Communications Advisor (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Fred Thomas voted in the House of Commons: 429 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 49 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Fred Thomas has tabled 65 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Ministry of Defence; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Business and Trade; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; and others.
Defence: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who in the new Defence Reform Quad structure is responsible for ensuring that new commercial technologies are adopted by the armed forces.
Thames Water: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has made help ensure suppliers are protected in the event that Thames Water enter Special Administration Regime.
Hospitality Industry: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of food inflation on hospitality businesses.
Hospitality Industry: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department are taking to help support hospitality businesses in managing cost pressures from energy costs.
Business: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with businesses on maintaining flexible staffing arrangements in the context of the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Zero Hours Contracts: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to zero-hours contracts on businesses whose sales are significantly affected by (a) the weather and (b) other unpredictable facto …
Patients' Rights: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase public awareness of Martha's Rule.
Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of removing the three-year statue of limitations for offences under Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parking companies (a) behave appropriately towards their customers and (b) have adequate ticketing practices.
Defence: Plymouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is the responsible Minister for the Team Plymouth partership.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f948f9f93efd. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Fred Thomas.
2024 general election
Fred Thomas won Plymouth Moor View at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,665 votes (41.2%), a majority of 5,604 over Johnny Mercer (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Plymouth Moor View figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.