Chess APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

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

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4 Current APPG Officers
Neil Duncan-Jordan Portrait
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Poole
Joined: 7th May 2025
Peter Fortune Portrait
Peter Fortune
Co-Chair
Conservative - Bromley and Biggin Hill
Joined: 7th May 2025
2 APPG Memberships
Cricket , London
Lord Wigley Portrait
Lord Wigley
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Life peer
Joined: 14th March 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bach Portrait
Lord Bach
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
Access to Justice
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Neil Duncan-Jordan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 01202 160740.

Email: neil.duncanjordan.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Chris Fegan, Chess in Schools and Communities. Tel: 07817 730 472

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

Former APPG Officers
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
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
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