Farming APPG

First Registered: 31/01/2018 • Last updated on: 12/02/2025

To raise the profile of and issues faced by British farmers and farming communities.

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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4 Current APPG Officers
Catherine Fookes Portrait
Catherine Fookes
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Monmouthshire
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Andrew Pakes Portrait
Andrew Pakes
Co-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Peterborough
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Officer
Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent
Joined: 2nd January 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Rachel Gilmour Portrait
Rachel Gilmour
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Tiverton and Minehead
Joined: 2nd January 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Catherine Fookes MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: catherine.fookes.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Andrew Pakes MP

Email: andrew.pakes.mp@parliament.uk

Date
20 Dec 2017
Source
PLMR
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/12/2017 To : 19/12/2018
Value
£9,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Farming APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Carrington Portrait
Lord Carrington
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Rob Roberts Portrait
Rob Roberts
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Delyn
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Tim Farron Portrait
Tim Farron
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Richard Foord Portrait
Richard Foord
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Honiton and Sidmouth
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Smith Portrait
Greg Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Rob Roberts Portrait
Rob Roberts
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Delyn
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Fay Jones Portrait
Fay Jones
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Alicia Kearns Portrait
Alicia Kearns
Co-Chair
Conservative - Rutland and Stamford
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 30th November 2022
Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Lindsay Portrait
Earl of Lindsay
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Fair Banking
Baroness Byford Portrait
Baroness Byford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Douglas Ross Portrait
Douglas Ross
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Moray
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Memberships
Scotch Whisky , Small Modular Reactors
Kirstene Hair Portrait
Kirstene Hair
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
John Lamont Portrait
John Lamont
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Bill Wiggin Portrait
Bill Wiggin
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for North Herefordshire
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Portrait
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Angela Smith Portrait
Angela Smith
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships