Fatherhood APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 01/09/2026

Note: This APPG was last registered on 1st September 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 12th October 2026 and may be defunct.

The APPG for Fatherhood will seek opportunities for policy and legislative review to identify and improve the statutory and social frameworks affecting families. This will be in order to help reduce the barriers fathers face to playing a full and positive role in their children’s lives.

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 APPG Officers

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Maya Ellis

Officer

Labour - Ribble Valley

Joined: 12th January 2026
Departed: 1st September 2026

4 APPG Officer Positions
Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Flexible and Family Friendly Working , Lancashire , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

Officer

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 1st September 2026

4 APPG Officer Positions
Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Dietary Health , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Obesity

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Harlech

Officer

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 1st September 2026

2 APPG Officer Positions
Climate, Nature and Security , Fiji

No other APPG Memberships

Freddie van Mierlo

Chair & Registered Contact

Liberal Democrat - Henley and Thame

Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 1st September 2026

2 APPG Officer Positions
Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS/PCOS)

No other APPG Memberships

Gregor Poynton

Officer

Labour - Livingston

Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 9th September 2025

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Khan of Burnley

Officer

Labour - Life peer

Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024

4 APPG Officer Positions
Azerbaijan , Bermuda , Lancashire , Uyghurs

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McCabe

Officer

Labour - Life peer

Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley

Officer

Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West

Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tim Loughton

Other

Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham

Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 1st November 2023

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Gwynne

Chair & Registered Contact

Independent - Former Member for Gorton and Denton

Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 1st November 2023

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matt Western

Vice Chair

Labour - Warwick and Leamington

Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021

4 APPG Officer Positions
Canada , Electric Vehicle , International Students , Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Double

Co-Chair

Conservative - Former Member for St Austell and Newquay

Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 21st April 2021

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Lammy

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Tottenham

Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st April 2021

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Michael Tomlinson

Treasurer

Conservative - Former Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole

Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 19th June 2019

No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon

Secretary

Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford

Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 19th June 2019

6 APPG Officer Positions
Bahá'í Faith , Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Pakistani Minorities , Respiratory Health , Vascular and Venous Disease

No other APPG Memberships