Fairs and Showgrounds APPG

First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 17/11/2021

Note: This APPG was last registered on 17th November 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To help the industry in convening meetings with government departments who are introducing legislation to change existing legislation to the detriment of the fairs and showgrounds industry.

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
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Marion Fellows
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Emma Lewell Portrait
Emma Lewell
Vice Chair
Labour - South Shields
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
3 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Leamside Line , North East

No other APPG Memberships

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David Linden
Secretary & Treasurer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rosie Cooper Portrait
Rosie Cooper
Officer
Labour - Former Member for West Lancashire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
Co-Chairman
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Wendy Morton
Vice-Chairman
Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Belarus , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , North Macedonia , Serbia , Waterways

No other APPG Memberships

David Crausby Portrait
David Crausby
Vice-Chairman
Labour - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Claire Perry
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Devizes
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Kwasi Kwarteng
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Spelthorne
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Crausby Portrait
David Crausby
Co-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 6th January 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

None

Public Enquiry Point:

Desmond Fitzgerald, Showmen's Guild of Great Britain, Central Office, Guild House, 41 Clarence Street, London TW18 4SY. Tel: 01894 461805

Email: dfitzgerald@showmensguild.co.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Fairs and Showgrounds APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Fairs and Showgrounds APPG