Dark Skies APPG
First Registered: 24/02/2020 • 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.
To highlight the importance of preserving our ability to see a dark sky at night; promote the adoption of dark sky friendly lighting and planning policies; protect existing UK Dark Sky reserves and support potential new reserves; and collaborate with overseas groups such as the International Dark Sky Association.
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
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James Wild
Officer
Conservative - North West Norfolk
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Parkrun
Parkrun
Lord Rees of Ludlow
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Loughton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Fay Jones
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jerome Mayhew
Vice Chair
Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Financial Education for Young People
Financial Education for Young People
Sheryll Murray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South East Cornwall
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Internet, Communications and Technology
Internet, Communications and Technology
Lord Rennard
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Selaine Saxby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Devon
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Seely
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Isle of Wight
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Stunell
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Vaux of Harrowden
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Vietnam
Vietnam
Theresa Villiers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chipping Barnet
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 19th October 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Grantchester
Vice Chair
Labour - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Science and Technology in Agriculture
Science and Technology in Agriculture
6 APPG Memberships
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Medical Cannabis on or under Prescription , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club , Tennis
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Medical Cannabis on or under Prescription , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club , Tennis
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
British Hindus , Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel , Smoking and Health
British Hindus , Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel , Smoking and Health
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Responsible Vaping
Responsible Vaping
Lord Carrington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alberto Costa
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Leicestershire
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Virginia Crosbie
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tracey Crouch
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chatham and Aylesford
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Iain Duncan Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Gambling Reform , Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , North Korea , Taiwan , Uyghurs
Gambling Reform , Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , North Korea , Taiwan , Uyghurs
Philip Dunne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ludlow
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Farron
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Simon Fell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Barrow and Furness
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Marcus Fysh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Yeovil
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Vice Chair
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 7th September 2022
Andrew Griffith
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Arundel and South Downs
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Ranil Jayawardena
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hampshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 7th August 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
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Sir Peter Bottomley MP,
Email: No email supplied
Public Enquiry Point:
Marieta Valdivia Lefort, Royal Astronomical Society
Email: mvaldivialefort@ras.ac.uk
Secretariat:
Royal Astronomical Society acts as the group's secretariat. https://ras.ac.uk/
Benefits in Kind
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Date
29 Jan 2024
29 Jan 2024
Source
Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
Description
Secretariat From : 29/01/2024 To : 28/01/2025
Secretariat From : 29/01/2024 To : 28/01/2025
Value
£7,501
£7,501
Date
29 Jan 2023
29 Jan 2023
Source
Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
Description
Secretariat From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
Secretariat From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
Value
£1,501
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Dark Skies APPG