Hon Chris ThomasMHK
House of Keys
Members Profile
Current Posts
Member of the House of Keys 2013-date.
Caairliagh Culture Vannin (Chair) 2016-date.
Children's Champion 2025-date.
Minister for Treasury 2026-date.
Parliamentary Career
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.
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.
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.
Personal
Education: Millom School, Cumbria; Balliol College, MA (Oxon) Philosophy, Politics and Economics; Association of International Bond Dealers' Diploma; UK Society of Investment Professionals, financial analysis qualification and continuing education; Glasgow and London Universities, Management Education Teachers Programme and continuing education; Centre for Manx Studies, Postgraduate Certificate, Manx Studies.
Family: Married with two sons and one daughter.
Career: EU Commission (stagiaire) 1985; UBS Securities (central bank bond advice) 1986-1990; City of London Polytechnic, London Guildhall University, Isle of Man International Business School (Principal Lecturer and Financial Services Programme Co-ordinator) 1990-2003; Self-employed expert and consultant (technical specialist and project director for international financial, regulation and IT projects) including in Azerbaijan, China, Czech Republic, Eastern Caribbean, Ghana, India, Luxembourg, Malawi, Moldova, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Vietnam 1994-2013.
Public Service: Former Chair United Nations Association of the Isle of Man 2013-2023; Member, Financial Services and Collective Investment Schemes Tribunals, 2010-2013; Douglas Borough Councillor for St George's Ward, 2012-2013; Member, Health Services Consultative and Legal Aid Committees, 2012-2013.
Interests: double bass player; walking; gardening; participant in internet forums and social media discussion groups.
Publications: www.facebook.com/christhomasiom; twitter: christhomasiom; A myriad of training opportunities, 2003, OFC Report, Washington; Corporate Control: the new profession, 2003, Isle of Man Business Review, Douglas; IMF Offshore Assessment: An offshore island response, 2002, Offshore Investment, Belfast; The Privatisation of financial regulation public policy; the case of the LSE-Deutsche Borse Alliance?, 1998, The House, Parliament weekly.
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Member Privacy Policy
Data Protection Privacy Statement
The law requires that your personal data is processed fairly, lawfully and in a transparent manner. If you have any questions about the way in which I process your personal data, please contact me.
As a Member of Tynwald, I am the data controller within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Personal Data
As a Member of Tynwald I collect and process personal information to assist me as a parliamentarian. This includes my processing of your personal data as necessary to support or promote democratic engagement.
Constituency Casework
Where you ask me to assist you as a member of Tynwald to resolve a problem I will infer that you are giving me consent to process your information for the purpose of assisting you.
Sharing of Information
Where you provide personal information to me it will be used only for the purposes for which it was provided.
If the law allows, I may disclose information about you to other Tynwald Members, organisations or Isle of Man Government Departments to assist with your case.
How long will you keep my personal data?
Unless specifically requested by you not to, I reserve the right to hold your personal data for the duration of my time as a Tynwald Member.
Security of Information
The law mandates me to protect your personal information.
Access to the personal data you provide will be securely controlled and all processing will be undertaken in accordance with, and as permitted by, the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Requesting information I hold about you
If you require access to information I hold about you, please address your request to me Mr Chris Thomas MHK, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW. I will respond to you within 30 days of receipt of your request.
The Information Commissioner’s website has an easy to follow guide on how to Make a Subject Access Request.
The law allows me to refuse your request for information in certain circumstances.
Website
This website is controlled by the Clerk of Tynwald’s Office. It does not automatically capture or store personal data from visitors to this site, except to log the user's IP address and session information such as the duration of the visit to the site and the nature of the browser used. This information cannot be used to identify individuals. It will be used only for administration of the system and in the compilation of statistics used to assess the level of use of the site. Personal information sourced from this website is retained for 12 months.
To read the Privacy Policy for the Clerk of Tynwald’s Office please click this link https://www.tynwald.org.im/privacy-policy
Further Information
Should any of your information be incorrect or inaccurate, please contact me.
If you have any questions about the way in which I process personal data, please contact me.
This privacy policy does not cover the links within this site linking to other sites.
Contacting Me
My direct contact details are:
Telephone +44 (0)1624 686168
Email chris.thomas@parliament.org.im
If you would prefer to write to me please address your letter to:
Mr Chris Thomas MHK, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW