Hon Chris Thomas

Member profile

Current Posts

Member of the House of Keys 2013-date.
Ard-Shirveishagh (Chief Minister) 2026-date.
Minister for the Cabinet Office 2026-date.
Branch Vice President (eo) of the CPA Executive Committee 2026-date.
Branch Vice President (eo) of the CPA Isle of Man Branch 2026-date.
Committee Member (eo) for the Tynwald Ceremony Arrangements Committee 2026-date.

Parliamentary Career

Children's Champion 2025-2026.
Minister for Treasury 2026-2026.
Minister for the Department of: Policy and Reform 2016-2020; Infrastructure 2022-2023.
Political Member for the Department of: Environment, Food and Agriculture 2014-2015; Home Affairs 2014-2016; Infrastructure 2014-2016; Health and Social Care 2024-2024.
Chair: Manx Wildlife Conservation Forum 2014-2015; Public Services Commission 2016-2020; 2016-2020; Isle of Man Post Office 2021-2022. ​
Vice Chair: Office of Fair Trading 2014-2015 and 2024-2026; Public Sector Pensions Authority 2016-2020; Climate Change Political Steering Board 2019-2020; Isle of Man Post Office 2020-2021.
Caairliagh Culture Vannin (Chair) 2016-date.
Member: Building Conservation Forum 2015-2016; Strategic Sea Services Working Group 2015-2016; Douglas Car Parking & Access Working Group 2015-2016; Health and Care Transformation Political Board 2019-2020.
Committees of Tynwald: Committees of Tynwald: Chair (Select Committee on the Domestic Rating System (Petition for Redress) 2014, Select Committee on Planning and Building Control 2015-16) & Member (Select Committee on Building Regulations etc. (Petition for Redress) 2013-2015, Select Committee to Review the Committee System 2015, Standing Orders Committee 2018-2021, Constitutional and Legal Affairs and Justice Committee 2021-2022; Select Committee on Population Rebalancing 2022-2023; Environment and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee 2024-2026; Select Committee on the Role of the Legislature in the Budget Process 2024-2026.).
Committees of the House of Keys: Chair of the Committee on the Landlord and Tenant (Private Housing) Bill 2014-2015; Member of the Committee on the Education Bill 2020-2021; Member of the Standing Orders Committee 2016-2021.
Council of Ministers' Committees: Chair Sub-Committees: Environment and Infrastructure, Social Policy and Children's, Legislation, Single Legal Entity 2016-2020; Housing and Communities Board 2021-2023; Brownfield Regeneration Steering Group, 2026; Vice Chair: Climate Change Political Steering Board 2019-2020. Member: Health and Care Transformation Political Board 2019-2020; Economic and National Strategy Board, Health, Learning and Social Policy Board, Energy Policy Board, Operational Performance and Change Board 2026.

Electoral History

Elected as a Member of the House of Keys for Douglas West at May 2013 by-election, having stood unsuccessfully in 2011. Re-elected in 2016 for new constituency of Douglas Central; re-elected in 2021; re-elected in 2026.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Member: Isle of Man Branch 2013-date.
Member: British Isles & Mediterranean Regional Digital Transformation & E-Parliament working group 2024-date.
BIMR Conferences: Cardiff 2014, Cyprus 2015, Isle of Man 2022, Westminster 2023.
CPA Study Visit Dublin 2014.