Commonwealth APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To promote the Commonwealth through engagement with Commonwealth partners and non­government stakeholders; to take advantage of opportunities within the widening Commonwealth network; to ensure the argument is made for Britain's diplomatic realignment towards the Commonwealth; and to ensure that there is a hub for dialogue between Commonwealth interest groups.

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
Lord Kamall Portrait
Lord Kamall
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 22nd February 2023
81 Current APPG Members
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Portrait
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Media Freedom
3 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Aviation , Faith and Society
Callum Anderson Portrait
Callum Anderson
Member
Labour - Buckingham and Bletchley
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Council Tax Reform , Environment , Mutuals
Lord Banner Portrait
Lord Banner
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Archaeology
2 APPG Memberships
Environment , Ocean
Lord Bellingham Portrait
Lord Bellingham
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Modernising Employment
Saqib Bhatti Portrait
Saqib Bhatti
Member
Conservative - Meriden and Solihull East
3 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Baby Loss , Belarus
2 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Environment
Lord Booth Portrait
Lord Booth
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Republic of Korea
Lord Boswell of Aynho Portrait
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Baroness Coffey Portrait
Baroness Coffey
Member
Conservative - Life peer
Lord Collins of Highbury Portrait
Lord Collins of Highbury
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Nutrition for Development , Taiwan
Lord Cryer Portrait
Lord Cryer
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Swimming
1 APPG Membership
Italy
Lord Desai Portrait
Lord Desai
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Humanist , India
Damien Egan Portrait
Damien Egan
Member
Labour - Bristol North East
2 APPG Officer Positions
Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , Israel
1 APPG Membership
Parkrun
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee Portrait
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Alan Gemmell Portrait
Alan Gemmell
Member
Labour - Central Ayrshire
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Aviation
Preet Kaur Gill Portrait
Preet Kaur Gill
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere Portrait
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Mexico
2 APPG Memberships
Blockchain Technologies , Falkland Islands
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick Portrait
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
Tom Hayes Portrait
Tom Hayes
Member
Labour - Bournemouth East
Baroness Hoey Portrait
Baroness Hoey
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
British Heritage

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Howard of Lympne Portrait
Lord Howard of Lympne
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , British Jews
Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait
Lord Howell of Guildford
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Grid Networks , Nuclear Energy , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Lord Jackson of Peterborough Portrait
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
International Freedom of Religion or Belief

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Jay of Paddington Portrait
Baroness Jay of Paddington
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
United Nations Global Goals
Lord Khan of Burnley Portrait
Lord Khan of Burnley
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Edward Leigh Portrait
Edward Leigh
Member
Conservative - Gainsborough
Lord Leong Portrait
Lord Leong
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Future of Work
Lord Marland Portrait
Lord Marland
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris McDonald Portrait
Chris McDonald
Member
Labour - Stockton North
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Council Tax Reform , Football Supporters , North East , Nuclear Energy , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Member
Conservative - Life peer
Lord Ranger of Northwood Portrait
Lord Ranger of Northwood
Member
Conservative - Life peer
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen Portrait
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Serbia , Transport Safety , United Nations Global Goals , University
Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury Portrait
Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Modern Languages
1 APPG Membership
Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Lord Swire Portrait
Lord Swire
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rachel Taylor Portrait
Rachel Taylor
Member
Labour - North Warwickshire and Bedworth
Jessica Toale Portrait
Jessica Toale
Member
Labour - Bournemouth West
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Ocean , Water Pollution
Lord Udny-Lister Portrait
Lord Udny-Lister
Member
Conservative - Life peer
2 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , Somaliland
1 APPG Membership
India
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Lord Whitby Portrait
Lord Whitby
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Beer
Lord Young of Old Windsor Portrait
Lord Young of Old Windsor
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Andrew Rosindell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8475.

Email: andrew.rosindell.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Pierre-Louis Plumejeau-Wilby, Office of Andrew Rosindell MP. Tel: 020 7219 8475

Email: pierre.wilby@parliament.uk

Date
6 Jul 2017
Source
The Royal Commonwealth Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/07/2017 To : 05/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
The Royal Commonwealth Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Commonwealth APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Coffey Portrait
Baroness Coffey
Vice-Chairman
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Ghana , Local Nature Recovery , Maritime and Ports

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Leong Portrait
Lord Leong
Vice-Chairman
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tommy Sheppard Portrait
Tommy Sheppard
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Addington Portrait
Lord Addington
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dyslexia , Rugby Union Football Club

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Bristow Portrait
Paul Bristow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Peterborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hooper Portrait
Baroness Hooper
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Officer Positions
CAFOD , Education , Egypt , Haiti , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Latin America , Portugal , Spain

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sheryll Murray Portrait
Sheryll Murray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South East Cornwall
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hoey Portrait
Baroness Hoey
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
British Heritage

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Tom Randall Portrait
Tom Randall
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Gedling
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Mobarik Portrait
Baroness Mobarik
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Foreign Affairs , Jordan , Kashmir , Pakistan

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Mendelsohn Portrait
Lord Mendelsohn
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Abraham Accords , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , War Crimes

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Whitby Portrait
Lord Whitby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gary Sambrook Portrait
Gary Sambrook
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sammy Wilson Portrait
Sammy Wilson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Pandemic Response and Recovery

No other APPG Memberships

Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Edward Leigh Portrait
Edward Leigh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Gainsborough
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Christianity in the Holy Land , Community Development , Croatia , France , Holy See , Lebanon

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Prashar Portrait
Baroness Prashar
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chi Onwurah Portrait
Chi Onwurah
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Africa , Engineering , Jazz , Space

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Stewart Portrait
Bob Stewart
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Beckenham
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait
Lord Howell of Guildford
Honorary President
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Critical Minerals , Scientific

No other APPG Memberships

Mary Robinson Portrait
Mary Robinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Cheadle
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Chidgey Portrait
Lord Chidgey
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Berridge Portrait
Baroness Berridge
Vice Chair & Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Adoption and Permanence

No other APPG Memberships

Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Richard Graham Portrait
Richard Graham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Gloucester
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Vice Chair
Conservative - Braintree
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Listed Properties

No other APPG Memberships

Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Co-Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bellingham Portrait
Lord Bellingham
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Sandwich Portrait
Earl of Sandwich
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bellingham Portrait
Lord Bellingham
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd December 2015
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships