Chess APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 9th October 2024 and may be defunct.

To further chess in the UK.

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.
View Official Register Entry

Former Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
John Baron Portrait
John Baron
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Wigley Portrait
Lord Wigley
Co-Chair
Plaid Cymru - Life peer
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bach Portrait
Lord Bach
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Access to Justice
Stephen Metcalfe Portrait
Stephen Metcalfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Giles Watling Portrait
Giles Watling
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Clacton
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham West and East Dulwich
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 13th February 2019
1 APPG Membership
Dentistry and Oral Health
Lord Harrison Portrait
Lord Harrison
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Mowat Portrait
David Mowat
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Warrington South
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Dr Poulter
Treasurer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr John Baron MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Chris Fegan, Chess in Schools and Communities, 44 Baker Street, London W1U 7RT. Tel: 020 7935 3445

Email: chrisfegancsc@gmail.com

No benefits in kind are on record for the Chess APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Chess APPG