Aid Match APPG

First Registered: 11/01/2023 • Last updated on: 28/03/2025

To promote the scaling up of cost-effective aid policy and practice, namely proven aid matching mechanisms to unleash more funds, for more direct delivery to front line organisations. To inform debate and propose Real Aid recommendations and action towards reducing aid wastage to boost the impact of international development

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4 Current APPG Officers
Emily Darlington Portrait
Emily Darlington
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Milton Keynes Central
Joined: 28th March 2025
Lord Bruce of Bennachie Portrait
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
1 APPG Membership
Deafness
Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Co-Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 11th January 2023
1 APPG Membership
Armenia
Andrew Mitchell Portrait
Andrew Mitchell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Sutton Coldfield
Joined: 28th March 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Emily Darlington MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: emily.darlington.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Emily Harding, Real Aid. Tel: 020 7791 1717

Email: coordinator@fortuneforum.org

Secretariat:

Real Aid acts as the group's secretariat. https://real-aid.org

No benefits in kind are on record for the Aid Match APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Aid Match APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Northbrook Portrait
Lord Northbrook
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
Anne McLaughlin Portrait
Anne McLaughlin
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Kidron Portrait
Baroness Kidron
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Jo Gideon Portrait
Jo Gideon
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Martyn Day Portrait
Martyn Day
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Shinkwin Portrait
Lord Shinkwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Rennard Portrait
Lord Rennard
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Randall of Uxbridge Portrait
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Londesborough Portrait
Lord Londesborough
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Khan of Burnley Portrait
Lord Khan of Burnley
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hussain Portrait
Lord Hussain
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Bangladesh
Baroness Gohir Portrait
Baroness Gohir
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Preet Kaur Gill Portrait
Preet Kaur Gill
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bournemouth East
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Cox Portrait
Baroness Cox
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Freedom of Speech
Lord Desai Portrait
Lord Desai
Honorary Treasurer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships