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4 Current APPG Officers
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Seamus Logan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
Joined: 2nd January 2025Fisheries
Contact Details
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Tom Rutland MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: tom.rutland.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Helen Deller, BBC. Tel: 07809 597 710
Email: helen.deller@bbc.co.uk
Secretariat:
BBC acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.bbc.co.uk/
No benefits in kind are on record for the BBC APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the BBC APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Deidre Brock
Co-Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 30th May 2024
Jeff Smith
Co-Chair
Labour - Manchester Withington
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
Damian Green
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Ashford
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 30th May 2024
Lord Brennan of Canton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Colum Eastwood
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Foyle
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
T-Levels
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Video Games and Esports
Martin Vickers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Brigg and Immingham
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Channel Islands , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Poland , Rail , Steel and Metals-Related Industries
Mark Menzies
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Jo Gideon
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Viscount Colville of Culross
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Holly Lynch
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Halifax
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 11th January 2023
Huw Merriman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 11th January 2023
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 19th October 2022
Ranil Jayawardena
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hampshire
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 7th August 2020
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 24th February 2020
John Grogan
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Jeremy Lefroy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Northern Culture
Angela Rayner
Secretary
Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 31st August 2016