Democracy and the Constitution APPG

First Registered: 21/04/2021 • 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 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To disseminate knowledge, generate debate, and facilitate engagement on democratic and constitutional issues amongst members of both houses of Parliament and the public.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
John Nicolson Portrait
John Nicolson
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Ochil and South Perthshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Dawn Butler Portrait
Dawn Butler
Vice Chair
Labour - Brent East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Artificial Intelligence , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Jamaica , Women in Parliament

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Djanogly Portrait
Jonathan Djanogly
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Huntingdon
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Hendy
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Occupational Safety and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Garnier Portrait
Lord Garnier
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Human Rights , Immigration Detention , Miscarriages of Justice

No other APPG Memberships

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Dan Carden
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Walton
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Arts and Heritage , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , Greenland , Poland , Racing and Bloodstock

No other APPG Memberships

Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Geraint Davies
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Swansea West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Daisy Cooper Portrait
Daisy Cooper
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - St Albans
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

John Nicolson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.

Email: john.nicolson.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Sam Fowles, Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research, Cornerstone Barristers, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square, London WC1R 5JH. Tel: 020 7242 4986

Email: sfowles@icdr.co.uk

Secretariat:

Institute for Democracy and the Constitution acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.icdr.co.uk

Benefits in Kind
Date
15 Mar 2023
Source
Institute for Democracy and the Constitution
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/03/2023 To : 14/03/2024
Value
£15,001
Date
15 Mar 2022
Source
Institute for Democracy and the Constitution
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/03/2022 To : 14/03/2023
Value
£15,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Democracy and the Constitution APPG