Folk Arts APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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To bring together parliamentarians who have an interest in and wish to further the appreciation of folk music and dance

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
Richard Thomson Portrait
Richard Thomson
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Gordon
Joined: 13th December 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Czechia , Hydrogen
Baroness Chapman of Darlington Portrait
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Knight Portrait
Greg Knight
Treasurer
Conservative - East Yorkshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
3 APPG Memberships
Historic Vehicles , Jazz , Spain
Peter Grant Portrait
Peter Grant
Secretary
Scottish National Party - Glenrothes
Joined: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Richard Thomson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 3545 2236.

Email: richard.thomson.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Katy Spicer, English Folk Dance & Song Society, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY . Tel: 020 7485 2206

Email: katy@efdss.org

Group's Website:

https://www.efdss.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Folk Arts APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Folk Arts APPG

Former APPG Officers
Kevin Brennan Portrait
Kevin Brennan
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Cardiff West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
3 APPG Memberships
Music , Spain , Ticket Abuse
Baroness Chapman of Darlington Portrait
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Ruane Portrait
Chris Ruane
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Vale of Clwyd
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Pete Wishart Portrait
Pete Wishart
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Perth and North Perthshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Memberships
Air Ambulances , Beer , Intellectual Property , Music , Ticket Abuse
Liz McInnes Portrait
Liz McInnes
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Heywood and Middleton
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Mulholland Portrait
Greg Mulholland
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Leeds North West
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships