Coalfield Communities APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • 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 20th November 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Digital Communities APPG?

To encourage the further economic, social and cultural development of the UK's former coalfield communities, by bringing together MPs, external stakeholders and others to develop credible proposals for further coalfields regeneration.

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
Former APPG Members
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
James Grundy Portrait
James Grundy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Leigh
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Douglas Chapman Portrait
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Beth Winter Portrait
Beth Winter
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Aaron Bell Portrait
Aaron Bell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Jonathan Gullis Portrait
Jonathan Gullis
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Brendan Clarke-Smith Portrait
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bassetlaw
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Howell Portrait
Paul Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Vice Chair
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Chris Elmore Portrait
Chris Elmore
Vice Chair
Labour - Bridgend
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Alexander Stafford Portrait
Alexander Stafford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Yvonne Fovargue Portrait
Yvonne Fovargue
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Makerfield
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Alan Brown Portrait
Alan Brown
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Gareth Snell Portrait
Gareth Snell
Secretary
Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Serbia
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North East Derbyshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Lavery Portrait
Ian Lavery
Secretary
Labour - Blyth and Ashington
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Football Supporters
Kevin Barron Portrait
Kevin Barron
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Spencer Portrait
Mark Spencer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sherwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Kevin Barron Portrait
Kevin Barron
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Nia Griffith Portrait
Nia Griffith
Vice Chair
Labour - Llanelli
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Vice Chair
Labour - Easington
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
David Anderson Portrait
David Anderson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Blaydon
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Huw Irranca-Davies Portrait
Huw Irranca-Davies
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ogmore
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 16th March 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Ann Clwyd Portrait
Ann Clwyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th September 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Selby and Ainsty
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th September 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th September 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alex Davies-Jones MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Marina D’lima, Office of Alex Davies-Jones MP, House of Commons

Email: marinab.dlima@parliament.uk

Secretariat:

Industrial Communities Alliance acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.industrialcommunitiesalliance.org.uk

Group's Website:

https://www.appgcoalfields.co.uk

Date
12 Feb 2024
Source
Industrial Communities Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2024 To : 11/02/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2023
Source
Industrial Communities Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2023 To : 11/02/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Feb 2022
Source
Industrial Communities Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2022 To : 11/02/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2021
Source
Industrial Communities Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2021 To : 11/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2020
Source
Industrial Communities Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2020 To : 11/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Jul 2016
Source
Industrial Communities Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Coalfield Communities APPG