Housing in the North 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 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Child of the North APPG?

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Provides a forum for parliamentarians to discuss and advance housing and related policy across the three northern regions and seeks to ensure the needs and ambitions of northern communities are addressed in housing policy development.

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
Paul Howell Portrait
Paul Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Vice Chair
Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Palestine , Spinal Cord Injury

No other APPG Memberships

Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Walton
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Arts and Heritage , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , Greenland , Poland , Racing and Bloodstock

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Lavery Portrait
Ian Lavery
Vice Chair
Labour - Blyth and Ashington
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football Supporters , Occupational Safety and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Stunell Portrait
Lord Stunell
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Goddard of Stockport
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Cats , Fire Safety and Rescue , Greater Manchester , Greece , Local Markets , Morocco , Project Delivery

No other APPG Memberships

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Mary Kelly Foy
Vice Chair
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Vice Chair
Labour - Easington
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Mearns Portrait
Ian Mearns
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Gateshead
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tony Lloyd Portrait
Tony Lloyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Vice Chair
Conservative - Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Freedom of Speech , Freight and Logistics , Insurance and Financial Services , Media , Pubs , Self-Driving Vehicles

No other APPG Memberships

Kevin Hollinrake Portrait
Kevin Hollinrake
Vice Chair
Conservative - Thirsk and Malton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Vice Chair
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , North East , Women's Football

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Clarke Portrait
Simon Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Pendle
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th November 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Alec Shelbrooke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th November 2016
5 APPG Officer Positions
Alevis , Classical Music , Endometriosis , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Snooker

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Ian Mearns MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7074.

Email: ian.mearns.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Liam Gregson, Northern Housing Consortium Ltd, Hope Street Xchange, 1-3 Hind Street, Sunderland SR1 3QD. Tel: 0191 566 1000

Email: liam.gregson@nhc.org.uk

Group's Website:

https://www.northern-consortium.org.uk/services/policy/parliament/appg-for-housing-in-the-north/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Housing in the North APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Housing in the North APPG