Gareth Thomas (born 1954) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Clwyd West 1997-2005. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom. ... Clwyd West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Born in Penygroes, Caernarfonshire, Thomas is the son of a toolmaker. Although brought up on Merseyside he is a fluent Welsh language speaker. After graduating in Law from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, he was initially employed in the insurance industry and managed a loss adjusting company in the West Indies. He has been a barrister in a private practice since 1986 specialising in personal injury litigation and is a member of Amicus. Caernarfonshire, also known as Carnarvonshire or, in Welsh, as Sir Gaernarfon, is a maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded N. by the Irish Sea, E. by Denbighshire, S. by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and W. by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Straits, which separates it from Anglesey. ... Arms of the former Merseyside Metropolitan County Council Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Affiliations University of Wales, AMBA, ACU, Universities UK, HiPACT Website www. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... English barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions who employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation. ... Amicus is Britains second largest trade union, formed by the merger of MSF (Manufacturing Science and Finance) and the AEEU (Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union) agreed in 2001. ...

A member of Flintshire County Council between 1995-97, Thomas was elected to Parliament in the 1997 general election. His political interests include Wales, legal reform, social security and the environment. He was a member of the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs, the Select Committee on Social Security and the Joint Human Rights Committee. Following the 2001 General Election he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales, Paul Murphy and in October 2002 moved with Murphy to the Northern Ireland Office in the same capacity. He was a member of Labour’s Parliamentary Campaign Team. Flintshire (Welsh: ) is a principal area and county in north-east Wales. ... In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... The post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence in October of 1964, the first incumbent being Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. ... The Right Honourable Paul Peter Murphy (born 25 November 1948) is a British politician for the Labour Party. ... October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ...

Thomas was narrowly defeated by Conservative candidate David Jones at the 2005 General Election. Before 1997, Clwyd West had been regarded as a safe Conservative seat and now appears to be reverting to its traditional character. David Jones is the Conservative MP for Clwyd West. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...

Outside of politics, Thomas' interests include restoring old buildings, traditional rural crafts and Italy. He lives in Llanfwrog, near Ruthin, and has two children. Rhuthun ( English: Ruthin), pronounced RITH-in (IPA ), is the county town of Denbighshire in North Wales located at UK National grid reference SJ127584, approx. ...