Commonwealth Games APPG

First Registered: 01/07/2020 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Commonwealth APPG?

To support and promote the Commonwealth Games, and particularly the 2022 Commonwealth Games, from bid to legacy - including home nations, participating sports and athletes taking part in the games.

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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Former APPG Officers
Mark Eastwood Portrait
Mark Eastwood
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Portrait
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Khalid Mahmood Portrait
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Preet Kaur Gill Portrait
Preet Kaur Gill
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
India , International Students , Manufacturing

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Addington Portrait
Lord Addington
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dyslexia , Rugby Union Football Club

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Suzanne Webb Portrait
Suzanne Webb
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stourbridge
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Portrait
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Worcestershire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Africa , Nigeria , Opera , Responsible Business

No other APPG Memberships

Nicola Richards Portrait
Nicola Richards
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for West Bromwich East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Saqib Bhatti Portrait
Saqib Bhatti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Meriden and Solihull East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Baby Loss , Belarus

No other APPG Memberships

Julian Knight Portrait
Julian Knight
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Solihull
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Grey-Thompson Portrait
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Rail , Women in Parliament , Women's Football

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Golf , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Shabana Mahmood Portrait
Shabana Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Ladywood
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Whitby Portrait
Lord Whitby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Craig Tracey Portrait
Craig Tracey
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Warwickshire
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
Baroness Maclean of Redditch Portrait
Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 24th September 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

John Spellar MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 0674.

Email: john.spellar.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Oscar Taylor, CalComms, 15th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP

Email: oscar@calcomms.co.uk

Secretariat:

CalComms acts as the group's secretariat. https://calcomms.co.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.appgcommonwealthgames.org/

Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
CalCommns
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£19,501
Date
5 Feb 2022
Source
CalCommns
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2022 To : 04/02/2023
Value
£19,501
Date
5 Feb 2021
Source
CalCommns
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2021 To : 04/02/2022
Value
£19,501
Date
5 Feb 2020
Source
MR Sport
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
Value
£22,501
Date
5 Feb 2020
Source
MR Sport
Description
MR Sport is remunerated in part by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Ltd to act as the group’s Secretariat.   From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
Value
£22,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Commonwealth Games APPG