Armed Forces Covenant APPG

First Registered: 23/12/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To inform Parliamentarians and influence Government on all aspects of the Armed Forces Covenant and its implementation nationally.

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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14 Current APPG Officers
James Gray Portrait
James Gray
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Wiltshire
Joined: 1st November 2023
Dean Russell Portrait
Dean Russell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Watford
Joined: 1st November 2023
Sarah Atherton Portrait
Sarah Atherton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wrexham
Joined: 10th March 2021
Marco Longhi Portrait
Marco Longhi
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dudley North
Joined: 10th March 2021
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

James Sunderland MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 5032.

Email: james.sunderland.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kingsley Donaldson, CIPCR, 2 Market Place, Lisburn, Co Antrim BT28 1AN. Tel: 07850 162 671

Email: kingsley.donaldson@cipcr.org

Secretariat:

Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.cipcr.org/

Date
15 Dec 2022
Source
Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/12/2022 To : 14/12/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Dec 2021
Source
Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/12/2021 To : 14/12/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
29 Nov 2016
Source
McNeill & Stone
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/11/2016 To : 28/11/2017
Value
£9,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Armed Forces Covenant APPG

Former APPG Officers
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Co-Chair
Labour - Barnsley East
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
David Morris Portrait
David Morris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
Sammy Wilson Portrait
Sammy Wilson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 20th September 2023
Richard Foord Portrait
Richard Foord
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Tiverton and Honiton
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 20th September 2023
Antony Higginbotham Portrait
Antony Higginbotham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Burnley
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
Gavin Robinson Portrait
Gavin Robinson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 20th September 2023
Darren Henry Portrait
Darren Henry
Vice Chair
Conservative - Broxtowe
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 20th September 2023
Danny Kruger Portrait
Danny Kruger
Vice Chair
Conservative - Devizes
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
Lord Touhig Portrait
Lord Touhig
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Autism , France , Netherlands
Stuart Anderson Portrait
Stuart Anderson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wolverhampton South West
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Dannatt Portrait
Lord Dannatt
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
1 APPG Membership
War Crimes
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Witney
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Mike Gapes Portrait
Mike Gapes
Vice Chair
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Ilford South
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Simpson Portrait
David Simpson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for Upper Bann
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Derek Twigg Portrait
Derek Twigg
Vice Chair
Labour - Halton
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
Treasurer
Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Johnny Mercer Portrait
Johnny Mercer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
Secretary
Conservative - Torbay
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - East Renfrewshire
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
Danny Kinahan Portrait
Danny Kinahan
Vice Chair
Ulster Unionist Party - Former Member for South Antrim
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships