Democratic Republic of Congo APPG

First Registered: 23/03/2022 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To promote bilateral trade and diplomatic relations and interests between the United Kingdom and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers
Gavin Williamson Portrait
Gavin Williamson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Joined: 9th August 2023
Gordon McKee Portrait
Gordon McKee
Vice Chair
Labour - Glasgow South
Joined: 20th November 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Gavin Williamson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7245.

Email: gavin.williamson.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Martha Bevan, Office of Sir Gavin Williamson MP. Tel: 020 7219 4519

Email: martha.bevan@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Democratic Republic of Congo APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Democratic Republic of Congo APPG

Former APPG Officers
Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Secretary
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alun Cairns Portrait
Alun Cairns
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Vice Chair
Labour - Nottingham South
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Daniel Kawczynski Portrait
Daniel Kawczynski
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Laurence Robertson Portrait
Laurence Robertson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Tewkesbury
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Holmes Portrait
Paul Holmes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hamble Valley
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Central South , Hospice and End of Life Care , South East , South Western Railway

No other APPG Memberships

Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Mancroft Portrait
Lord Mancroft
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Hemp Carbon Capture and Rural Development

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Critical Minerals , Scientific

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Black Health , Ghana

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Portrait
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

Alexander Stafford Portrait
Alexander Stafford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Pauline Latham Portrait
Pauline Latham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brown of Silvertown Portrait
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Vice Chair
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
British Hindus

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Fletcher Portrait
Mark Fletcher
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bolsover
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hoey Portrait
Baroness Hoey
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
British Heritage

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships