Electoral Reform APPG

First Registered: 21/04/2021 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

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To build alliances, strengthen parliamentary work towards proportional representation and broader electoral reform in the UK, and develop the evidence base.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Members
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
23 APPG Memberships
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sweden , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Secretary
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Childhood Trauma , Community Energy , Eating Disorders , Environment , Key Cities , Music Education , Net Zero , Tidy Britain
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Treasurer
Labour - Sheffield Central
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Somaliland , Students , University
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Vice Chair
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
7 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Antimicrobial Resistance , Environment , Hong Kong , Households in Temporary Accommodation , International Mediation and Conflict Resolution , Woods and Trees
Lord Rennard Portrait
Lord Rennard
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Political Literacy , Smoking and Health
Wendy Chamberlain Portrait
Wendy Chamberlain
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - North East Fife
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Carers , Scotch Whisky
Tommy Sheppard Portrait
Tommy Sheppard
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Climate Change , Deafness , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Humanist , Palestine , Population, Development and Reproductive Health
Ben Bradshaw Portrait
Ben Bradshaw
Vice Chair
Labour - Exeter
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Midlothian
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Coalfield Communities , Football Club
Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Vice Chair
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
7 APPG Memberships
Arts and Heritage , Dark Skies , Data Analytics , Diagnostics , East of England , Life Sciences , University
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Armed Forces , National Trust , South West
Chris Clarkson Portrait
Chris Clarkson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Heywood and Middleton
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Local Government , Women in Defence
Lord Northbrook Portrait
Lord Northbrook
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Owen Paterson Portrait
Owen Paterson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Shropshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alex Sobel MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 8295.

Email: alex.sobel.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jessica Garland, Electoral Reform Society, 15 Blue Lion Place, London SE1 4PU . Tel: 0203 967 1884

Email: Jessica.garland@electoral-reform.org.uk

Secretariat:

The Electoral Reform Society and Make Votes Matter jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk and https://www.makevotesmatter.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/who-we-are/appg-electoral-reform/

Benefits in Kind
Date
11 Feb 2023
Source
The Electoral Reform Society
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2023 To : 10/02/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Feb 2023
Source
Make Votes Matter
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2023 To : 10/02/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Feb 2022
Source
The Electoral Reform Society
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2022 To : 10/02/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Feb 2022
Source
Make Votes Matter
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2022 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Feb 2021
Source
The Electoral Reform Society
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2021 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Feb 2021
Source
Make Votes Matter
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 11/02/2021 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Electoral Reform APPG