British Hindus APPG

First Registered: 21/11/2018 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To discuss and promote interests and concerns of Hindus in the UK and to facilitate greater understanding and engagement between Hindus, parliamentarians and wider British society.

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 Officers - 19 Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers

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Bob Blackman

Chair & Registered Contact

Conservative - Harrow East

Joined: 21st November 2018

5 APPG Officer Positions
Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel , Smoking and Health
24 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Autism , Beer , Blockchain Technologies , British Jews , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Cats , Commonwealth , Cyprus , Digital Identity , Faith and Society , Financial Education for Young People , Financial Technology , Fusion Energy , Healthcare Workers , Housing and Care for Older People , Hydrogen , India , Internet, Communications and Technology , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Mutuals , Pharmacy , Social Science and Policy , Tennis

Navendu Mishra

Officer

Labour - Stockport

Joined: 28th June 2023

No other APPG Officer Positions
13 APPG Memberships
Beer , Cyprus , Dentistry and Oral Health , Digital Inclusion , Explosive Weapons and their Impact , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , India , Modernising Employment , Parks and Green Spaces , Prostate Cancer , Tidy Britain , United Nations Global Goals , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System

Shivani Raja

Officer

Conservative - Leicester East

Joined: 20th November 2024

No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , India , International Students , Women in Parliament

Luke Taylor

Officer

Liberal Democrat - Sutton and Cheam

Joined: 20th November 2024

3 APPG Officer Positions
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Aviation, Travel and Aerospace , Hospice and End of Life Care
9 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Climate Change , Energy Studies , Humanist , Infrastructure , Marine Energy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Republic of Korea , Taiwan

19 Current APPG Members

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Paula Barker

Member

Labour - Liverpool Wavertree

1 APPG Officer Position
Homelessness
7 APPG Memberships
Beer , Explosive Weapons and their Impact , Football Supporters , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Hydrogen , Liverpool City Region , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System

Deirdre Costigan

Member

Labour - Ealing Southall

2 APPG Officer Positions
Microplastics , Tidy Britain
15 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Autism , Beyond Pills , Climate Change , Customer Service , Environment , Homelessness , Hydrogen , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , London , Micromobility , Net Zero , Parks and Green Spaces , Theatre , Transport Safety

Bobby Dean

Member

Liberal Democrat - Carshalton and Wallington

2 APPG Officer Positions
Hong Kong , Tamils
1 APPG Membership
Water Pollution

Lord Dholakia

Member

Liberal Democrat - Life peer

No other APPG Officer Positions
8 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Beer , British Jews , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , India , International Students , Music , Republic of Korea

Jim Dickson

Member

Labour - Dartford

3 APPG Officer Positions
Smoking and Health , Sport and Physical Activity , Thames Estuary Fair Economic Growth
14 APPG Memberships
Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Cats , Dementia , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Healthy Places , Long Covid , Net Zero , Parkrun , Prostate Cancer , South East , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Tidy Britain

Louie French

Member

Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup

No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Animal Welfare

Barry Gardiner

Member

Labour - Brent West

2 APPG Officer Positions
Climate, Nature and Security , International Conservation
14 APPG Memberships
Beer , Climate Change , Digital Inclusion , Environment , Events , Future of Work , India , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Net Zero , Ocean , Parks and Green Spaces , Refugees , Tidy Britain , Writers

Damian Hinds

Member

Conservative - East Hampshire

5 APPG Officer Positions
Down Syndrome , Hospitality and Tourism , Political and Media Literacy , T-Levels , Wine of Great Britain
15 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Beer , British Council and Soft Power , Early Education and Childcare , Fair Banking , Financial Education for Young People , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Heritage Rail , International Students , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Modernising Employment , Prostate Cancer , South East , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis

Neil Hudson

Member

Conservative - Epping Forest

2 APPG Officer Positions
Animal Welfare , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
2 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance , Environment

Laura Kyrke-Smith

Member

Labour - Aylesbury

2 APPG Officer Positions
Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
9 APPG Memberships
British Council and Soft Power , Children's Online Safety , Defence Technology , Environment , Humanist , Nutrition for Development , South East , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Women in Parliament

Andrew Mitchell

Member

Conservative - Sutton Coldfield

4 APPG Officer Positions
Abraham Accords , Aid Match , Trafficked Britons in Syria , West Midlands
4 APPG Memberships
British Council and Soft Power , Choice at the End of Life , Immigration Detention , Modern Conflict

Tom Morrison

Member

Liberal Democrat - Cheadle

2 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Northern Culture
3 APPG Memberships
Cyprus , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Healthcare Workers

Luke Murphy

Member

Labour - Basingstoke

2 APPG Officer Positions
Central South , Climate Change
8 APPG Memberships
Energy Studies , Environment , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Homelessness , Infrastructure , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , South East

Susan Murray

Member

Liberal Democrat - Mid Dunbartonshire

1 APPG Officer Position
Menopause
1 APPG Membership
Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services

Gregor Poynton

Member

Labour - Livingston

2 APPG Officer Positions
Children's Online Safety , Industrial Strategy
8 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Aviation , Financial Technology , Hydrogen , India , Manufacturing , Nuclear Energy , Political and Media Literacy

Jack Rankin

Member

Conservative - Windsor

2 APPG Officer Positions
Events , Semiconductors
4 APPG Memberships
India , Israel , Listed Properties , Water Pollution

Kirsteen Sullivan

Member

Labour (Co-op) - Bathgate and Linlithgow

1 APPG Officer Position
Menopause
7 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Commonwealth , Endometriosis , Infrastructure , Mutuals , United Nations Global Goals , Women in Parliament

Valerie Vaz

Member

Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich

5 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Portugal , Publishing
14 APPG Memberships
Autism , Beer , British Jews , Christians in Parliament , Diabetes , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Environment , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Humanist , India , Music , Race and Community , Republic of Korea , Respiratory Health

Baroness Verma

Member

Conservative - Life peer

10 APPG Officer Positions
Children , Democratic Republic of Congo , Digital Inclusion , Digital Markets and Digital Money , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , India , Kurds , Obstructive Sleep Apnoea , Tamils
9 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Fair Banking , International Students , Parkrun , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , United Nations Global Goals , Women in Parliament

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Bob Blackman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7082.

Email: bob.blackman.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Vinod Tikoo, Advocacy for British Hindus and Indians

Email: appgbh-secretariat@abhiuk.org

Secretariat:

Advocacy for British Hindus and Indians UK acts as the group's secretariat.

Group's Website:

https://appgbritishhindus.com/

No benefits in kind are on record for the British Hindus APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the British Hindus APPG

Former APPG Officers

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Lord Dholakia