Ceramics APPG

First Registered: 16/03/2016 • Last updated on: 12/01/2026

To provide a forum for discussing the work of the UK Ceramics sector for both companies and employees to support the work and production of UK Ceramics.

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
Gareth Snell Portrait
Gareth Snell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 29th March 2017
Lord Gascoigne Portrait
Lord Gascoigne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 12th January 2026
2 APPG Officer Positions
Greece , Infrastructure
2 APPG Memberships
ClimateTech , International Conservation
David Williams Portrait
David Williams
Vice Chair
Labour - Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 12th January 2026
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Gareth Snell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: gareth.snell.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Rachel Timmins, Ceramics UK. Tel: 01782 744 631

Email: info@ceramics-uk.org

Secretariat:

Ceramics UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ceramics-uk.org/

Date
4 Mar 2022
Source
Lucideon Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/03/2022 To : 03/03/2023
Value
£51,001
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
British Ceramics Confederation
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
7 Mar 2017
Source
British Ceramics Confederation
Description
Secretariat   From : 07/03/2017 To : 05/03/2018
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Ceramics APPG

Former APPG Officers
Jo Gideon Portrait
Jo Gideon
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jack Brereton Portrait
Jack Brereton
Deputy Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Gullis Portrait
Jonathan Gullis
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Secretary
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Aaron Bell Portrait
Aaron Bell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Mearns Portrait
Ian Mearns
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Gateshead
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jack Dromey Portrait
Jack Dromey
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Erdington
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Golding Portrait
Baroness Golding
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 17th November 2021
3 APPG Officer Positions
Greyhound , Local Government , Radiotherapy

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeremy Lefroy Portrait
Jeremy Lefroy
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Angela Smith Portrait
Angela Smith
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Braintree
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
2 APPG Officer Positions
Breast Cancer , Listed Properties

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Flello Portrait
Robert Flello
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
5 APPG Officer Positions
Belarus , Gibraltar , North Macedonia , Serbia , Waterways

No other APPG Memberships