Esports APPG

First Registered: 29/08/2018 • Last updated on: 04/05/2022

Note: This APPG was last registered on 4th May 2022. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To support esports.

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
Karl McCartney Portrait
Karl McCartney
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 4th May 2022
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Gavin Newlands Portrait
Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Greg Smith Portrait
Greg Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Beer , Formula 1 and Motorsport , Furniture Industry , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
British Offshore Energy Industry , Golf , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Stephens Portrait
Chris Stephens
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow South West
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bone Portrait
Peter Bone
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Wellingborough
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Corby
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 1st July 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Catherine West Portrait
Catherine West
Officer
Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait
Tonia Antoniazzi
Officer
Labour - Gower
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , ITV , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club

No other APPG Memberships

Craig Tracey Portrait
Craig Tracey
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for North Warwickshire
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 2nd January 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Karl McCartney MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.

Email: karl.mccartney.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Mark Ramsdale, Three Lines Sport, c/o Karl McCartney MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

Email: secretary@appgesports.org

Group's Website:

http://www.appgesports.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
5 Feb 2020
Source
MR Sport
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
Value
£22,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Esports APPG