Bees and Pollinators APPG

First Registered: 19/06/2019 • Last updated on: 01/11/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 1st November 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To inform parliamentarians about bees and other pollinators. To raise awareness of the issues surrounding bees and pollinators, promote their importance for the national economy and natural environment, and highlight pathways to both conservation and growth of insect and pollinator populations.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Officer
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Green Portrait
Sarah Green
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 1st November 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Ukraine

No other APPG Memberships

Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Officer
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Brendan Clarke-Smith Portrait
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bassetlaw
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tony Lloyd Portrait
Tony Lloyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Barry Gardiner Portrait
Barry Gardiner
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Brent West
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 1st November 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Climate, Nature and Security , International Conservation

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Blencathra Portrait
Lord Blencathra
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Felicity Buchan Portrait
Felicity Buchan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Kensington
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Daniel Kawczynski Portrait
Daniel Kawczynski
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Karl McCartney Portrait
Karl McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Champion Portrait
Sarah Champion
Vice Chair
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 11th January 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Cayman Islands , Channel Islands , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Ocean , Taiwan , Zoos and Aquariums

No other APPG Memberships

Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 22nd July 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chelmsford
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matthew Offord Portrait
Matthew Offord
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hendon
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Vice Chair
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Vice Chair
Labour - Easington
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Officer Positions
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy

No other APPG Memberships

Ruth Cadbury Portrait
Ruth Cadbury
Vice Chair
Labour - Brentford and Isleworth
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Western Rail Link to Heathrow

No other APPG Memberships

Theresa Villiers Portrait
Theresa Villiers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chipping Barnet
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Wollaston Portrait
Sarah Wollaston
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Totnes
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Benyon Portrait
Lord Benyon
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Taunton Deane
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Barry Gardiner MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4046.

Email: barry.gardiner.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jack Harbour, CalComms, 15th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP. Tel: 0203 813 5559

Email: Jack@calcomms.co.uk

Group's Website:

https://calcomms.co.uk/our-work-in-westminster/bees-and-pollinators-appg

No benefits in kind are on record for the Bees and Pollinators APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Bees and Pollinators APPG