East Coast Main Line APPG

First Registered: 14/03/2018 • 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. Perhaps you are looking for the West Coast Main Line APPG?

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To campaign on securing investment for one of the UK's most strategic rail routes; on improving passenger experience, capacity and reliability; and on shorter journey times - as well as on the economic growth that could be unlocked in the areas the East Coast Main Line serves.

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
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Martin Vickers Portrait
Martin Vickers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Brigg and Immingham
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Poland , Rail , Steel and Metals-Related Industries

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Beith
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Georgia , Nordic Countries , North East

No other APPG Memberships

Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Vice Chair
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Mearns Portrait
Ian Mearns
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Gateshead
Joined: 17th May 2023
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: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Vice Chair
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , North East , Women's Football

No other APPG Memberships

Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen McPartland Portrait
Stephen McPartland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stevenage
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Vice Chair
Labour - Edinburgh South
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Choice at the End of Life , Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society , Portugal , Switzerland and Liechtenstein

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Catherine McKinnell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7115.

Email: catherine.mckinnell.mp@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the East Coast Main Line APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the East Coast Main Line APPG