Fatherhood APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.
The APPG for Fatherhood promotes the wellbeing of children by ensuring that legal and policy frameworks keep up with the changing nature of family life and that legislation encourages active and responsible fatherhood.
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 Members
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Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Gwynne
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Gorton and Denton
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Loughton
Other
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
David Lammy
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Tottenham
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Steve Double
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for St Austell and Newquay
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Matt Western
Vice Chair
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
6 APPG Memberships
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David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Fiona Bruce
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Congleton
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon
Secretary
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
Michael Tomlinson
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Burrowes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Enfield, Southgate
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Leslie
Secretary
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Nottingham East
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
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Public Enquiry Point:
Owen Thomas, Future Men, 34 Grosvenor Gardens, SW1W 0DH
Email: o.thomas@futuremen.org
Benefits in Kind
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Date
1 Jan 2016
1 Jan 2016
Source
Working with Men
Working with Men
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
1 Jan 2015
Source
Working with Men
Working with Men
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Fatherhood APPG