Local Democracy APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 17/05/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 17th May 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Local Nature Recovery APPG?

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To promote the virtues of exiting forms of first tier local authorities; to inform policy making and initiatives affecting first tier local authorities; and to stimulate debate on models of community governance.

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
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Freedom of Speech , Freight and Logistics , Insurance and Financial Services , Media , Pubs , Self-Driving Vehicles

No other APPG Memberships

Cherilyn Mackrory Portrait
Cherilyn Mackrory
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Truro and Falmouth
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Scott of Needham Market Portrait
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
National Trust

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Levy Portrait
Ian Levy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Blyth Valley
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Lytton Portrait
Earl of Lytton
Secretary
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 17th May 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Built Environment

No other APPG Memberships

Karen Buck Portrait
Karen Buck
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Westminster North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Duncan Baker Portrait
Duncan Baker
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Norfolk
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Greaves Portrait
Lord Greaves
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North Cornwall
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Morley and Outwood
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Lytton Portrait
Earl of Lytton
Secretary
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
Built Environment

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Richard Holden MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3059.

Email: richard.holden.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jessica Lancod-Frost, National Association of Local Councils, 109 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LD. Tel: 0207 7290 0319

Email: jessica.lancod-frost@nalc.gov.uk

Group's Website:

http://www.nalc.gov.uk/our-work/parliament-and-political-engagement

No benefits in kind are on record for the Local Democracy APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Local Democracy APPG