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.
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5 Current APPG Officers
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Catherine McKinnell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 14th March 2018
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adoption and Permanence , Armed Forces Covenant , Brazil , Challenger Banks and Building Societies , Durham University , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Fair Business Banking , Get Refusal , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Housing and Planning , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Markets , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Race Equality in Education , Retail Crime , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , Taxis , Town Centres
Albania , Australia and New Zealand , Azerbaijan , BBC , Belize , Brazil , Central America , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Downstream Energy and Fuels , Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Faroe Islands , Fisheries , Football , Football Club , Heritage Rail , Iceland , Isle of Man (Manx) , Kosovo , Lithuania , Maldives , Midlands Engine , Montenegro , Norfolk Island , North Macedonia , Poland , Pro-Life , Rail , Rail in the North , Retail Crime , Serbia , Taiwan , Uzbekistan
Autism , Banning Trophy Hunting , Colombia , Critical Minerals , Cuba , Durham University , Greyhound , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Occupational Safety and Health , Pedagogy, Curriculum and Accountability , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Transport Across the North , Women's Health
Contact Details
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Catherine McKinnell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7115.
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
Former APPG Officers
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Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Colne Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 23rd March 2022
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , American Football , BBC , Carbon Monoxide , Channel 4 , Cricket , Fairtrade , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Homelessness , Hospitality and Tourism , ITV , Kashmir , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , National Trust , Northern Culture , Parkinson's , Pharmacy , Rail in the North , Rugby League , Safe Standing , Sixth Form Education , State Pension Inequality for Women , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Tennis , Trailer and Towing Safety , Transport Across the North , Ukraine , University , Waterways , Woods and Trees , Working at Height , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Stephen McPartland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Stevenage
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 21st April 2021
Central Bank and Digital Currency , Learning Disability , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Tunisia
Football Club , ITV , Performers' Alliance , Scotch Whisky , Snooker , Wood Panel Industry
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
22q11 Syndrome , Albania , American Football , Antisemitism , Basketball , British Jews , Climate Change , Conservation, Places and People , Côte d’Ivoire , Drones and Modern Conflict , Electoral Reform , Electric Vehicles , Estonia , Events , Holocaust Memorial , International Conservation , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud , Kosovo , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Montenegro , Music , Mutuals , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Northern Culture , Pacific Islands , Park Homes , Race and Community , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Running , Small Island Developing States , Social Enterprise , Sustainable Finance , Sustainable Resource , Sweden , Uzbekistan , Vegetarianism and Veganism , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , West Papua , Western Sahara
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Eating Disorders , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Hydrogen , Immigration Detention , Malawi , Marine Energy , Media , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Motor Neurone Disease , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Small and Micro Business , Textiles and Fashion , United Nations Women , Women in Parliament