Air Ambulances APPG

First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To drive positive advancements for the UK’s air ambulances by championing crucial improvements and addressing key challenges faced by air ambulance charities. Through advocacy and collaboration, the group will enhance the delivery of lifesaving pre-hospital care, ensuring continued progress in this vital field.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current APPG Officers
Pete Wishart Portrait
Pete Wishart
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire
Joined: 9th August 2023
Steve Witherden Portrait
Steve Witherden
Officer
Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Joined: 28th March 2025
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee Portrait
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 28th March 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Commonwealth , University
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Pete Wishart MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8303.

Email: pete.wishart.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jamie Ward, Air Ambulances UK. Tel: 07501 541736

Email: jamie.ward@airambulancesuk.org

Secretariat:

Air Ambulances UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.airambulancesuk.org/

Group's Website:

https://www.airambulancesuk.org/appg

Date
18 Jul 2018
Source
Association of Air Ambulances Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
18 Jul 2017
Source
Association of Air Ambulances Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Air Ambulances APPG

Former APPG Officers
Paul Holmes Portrait
Paul Holmes
Officer
Conservative - Hamble Valley
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Central South , Hospice and End of Life Care , South East , South Western Railway

No other APPG Memberships

Rushanara Ali Portrait
Rushanara Ali
Officer
Labour - Bethnal Green and Stepney
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Rochester and Strood
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gavin Newlands Portrait
Gavin Newlands
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Carolyn Harris Portrait
Carolyn Harris
Vice Chair
Labour - Neath and Swansea East
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Gambling Reform , Menopause , Policing

No other APPG Memberships

Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
Officer
Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Belarus , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Serbia , Waterways

No other APPG Memberships

Karl McCartney Portrait
Karl McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Michael Fabricant Portrait
Michael Fabricant
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Lichfield
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

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: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Officer
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Canada , Electric Vehicle , International Students , Motor , Semiconductors , Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Ruth Cadbury Portrait
Ruth Cadbury
Officer
Labour - Brentford and Isleworth
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Western Rail Link to Heathrow

No other APPG Memberships

Alberto Costa Portrait
Alberto Costa
Officer
Conservative - South Leicestershire
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Greece , Italy , Microplastics , Tidy Britain

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Witney
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Suzanne Webb Portrait
Suzanne Webb
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stourbridge
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Metcalfe Portrait
Stephen Metcalfe
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Fitzpatrick Portrait
Jim Fitzpatrick
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Hemel Hempstead
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Oliver Letwin Portrait
Oliver Letwin
Officer
Independent - Former Member for West Dorset
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Marcus Jones Portrait
Marcus Jones
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Nuneaton
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Benyon Portrait
Lord Benyon
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Bridgen Portrait
Andrew Bridgen
Officer
Independent - Former Member for North West Leicestershire
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Morgan Portrait
Stephen Morgan
Officer
Labour - Portsmouth South
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Stephens Portrait
Chris Stephens
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow South West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Beamish Portrait
Lord Beamish
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pawsey Portrait
Mark Pawsey
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rugby
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Ribble Valley
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Melanie Onn Portrait
Melanie Onn
Vice Chair
Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Officer Positions
Fisheries , Kinship Care

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Officer
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Djanogly Portrait
Jonathan Djanogly
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Huntingdon
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Soley Portrait
Lord Soley
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Norwich North
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Howell Portrait
John Howell
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Tredinnick Portrait
David Tredinnick
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bosworth
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Sharples Portrait
Baroness Sharples
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Masham of Ilton Portrait
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016