Official portrait of Fred Thomas

Fred Thomas

Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, since 4 July 2024

Fred Thomas is the Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

68.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
396 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
179 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
7 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
60 Debates spoken in 65 written questions tabled

Ranked 388 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading Aye 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division No vote 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No vote 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No vote 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading Aye 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part Aye 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading No vote 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No vote 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 No vote 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C Aye 321–158

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Google UK Ltd
Address of donor: 1-13 St Giles High St, London WC2H 8AG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality as a guest of YouTube at Glastonbury Festival 2025, value £2,090.84
Date received: 27 June 2025
Date accepted: 27 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03977902
(Registered 16 July 2025)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: APROPOS Group
Address of donor: Karl-Marx Allee 98 10243 Berlin
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel (£761.65), accommodation (£423.14) and meals (£213.97), value £1,398.76
Destination of visit: Germany (Berlin)
Dates of visit: 8 May 2026 to 11 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Policy Mission Fellowship residency (Germany leg) bringing together cross-party parliamentarians from across Europe to collaborate on innovative policy solutions.
(Registered 20 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Embassy of Finland
Address of donor: 38 Chesham Place, London, SW1X 8HW
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£469.53), accommodation (£422.08), meals (£149.22), Miscellaneous incl. transport (£51.79) for my Parliamentary assistant, value £1,092.62
Destination of visit: Finland
Dates of visit: 26 November 2025 to 29 November 2025
Purpose of 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.
(Registered 15 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: APROPOS Group
Address of donor: Karl-Marx Allee 98 10243 Berlin
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 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 £1,872.25
Date received: 11 March 2026 to 15 March 2026
Date accepted: 11 March 2026
Donor status: other (Non-profit think tank)
(Registered 30 March 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid director of a property management company.
Date interest ended: 1 February 2025
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 10 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

Honorary unpaid position as 'ambassador' for the HALO Trust, the UK mine clearance and conflict prevention charity.
Date interest arose: 8 September 2025
(Registered 8 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

Trustee of Gwithian Chapel Ltd, small village charity that owns and administrates a community hall. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 15 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

60 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £5,096 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
6 Apr 2025 Fred Thomas sitting MP Coalition for Global Prosperity Other Visit £5,096

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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