Archives and History APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To promote the importance of the work of archivists and historians, and recognise outstanding contributions to the archiving and historical professions.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Chris Evans Portrait
Chris Evans
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Caerphilly
Joined: 28th September 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
Writers
2 APPG Memberships
Mutuals , Tennis
Lord Clark of Windermere Portrait
Lord Clark of Windermere
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
1 APPG Officer Position
Forestry and Timber Security
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Mutuals
Laurence Turner Portrait
Laurence Turner
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Northfield
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Lord Roberts of Belgravia Portrait
Lord Roberts of Belgravia
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Israel
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Chris Evans MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5025.

Email: chris.evans.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

John Chambers, Archives and Records Association. Tel: 07918 758 015

Email: john.chambers@archives.org.uk

Secretariat:

Archives and Records Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.archives.org.uk/

Date
19 Nov 2024
Source
Archives and Records Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 19/11/2024 To : 18/11/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
15 Dec 2023
Source
Archives and Records Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/12/2023 To : 14/12/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
15 Dec 2020
Source
Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/12/2020 To : 14/12/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
27 Jun 2019
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2019 To : 26/06/2020
Value
£4,501
Date
27 Jun 2018
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2018 To : 26/06/2019
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jul 2017
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/07/2017 To : 08/06/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
27 Jun 2017
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2017 To : 26/06/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland is funded by UK National Archives to act as the APPG's secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£7,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£16,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Archives and History APPG

Former APPG Officers
Alexander Stafford Portrait
Alexander Stafford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Boswell of Aynho Portrait
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Aberdare Portrait
Lord Aberdare
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Apprenticeships , Defibrillators , Opera , Responsible Business , Slovenia

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Murphy of Torfaen Portrait
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Richard Graham Portrait
Richard Graham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Gloucester
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bew Portrait
Lord Bew
Secretary
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
2 APPG Officer Positions
Black Health , Ghana

No other APPG Memberships

Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Torfaen
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Albert Owen Portrait
Albert Owen
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tristram Hunt Portrait
Tristram Hunt
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th January 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Kingswood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships