Local Government APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To discuss issues of interest and concern to parliamentarians and councillors about local government.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Clive Betts MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5114.

Email: officeofclivebettsmp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jen Pufky, Local Government Information Unit. Tel: 020 7554 2800

Email: jen.pufky@lgiu.org.uk

Secretariat:

The Local Government Information Unit acts as the group's secretariat. https://lgiu.org/

Group's Website:

https://lgiu.org/news/all-party-parliamentary-group-on-local-government

Date
12 Nov 2024
Source
The Local Government Information Unit
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/11/2024 To : 11/11/2025
Value
£10,501
Date
15 Jan 2024
Source
The Local Government Information Unit
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2024 To : 14/01/2025
Value
£10,501
Date
11 Jul 2016
Source
LGiU
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2016 To : 10/07/2017
Value
£7,501
Date
17 Jun 2015
Source
LGiU
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£7,501

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

Former APPG Officers
Angela Richardson Portrait
Angela Richardson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Guildford
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Green Portrait
Chris Green
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton West
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paulette Hamilton Portrait
Paulette Hamilton
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Erdington
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Black Health , Caribbean , Cyprus , Hospice and End of Life Care , Less Survivable Cancers

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Clarkson Portrait
Chris Clarkson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Heywood and Middleton
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jack Brereton Portrait
Jack Brereton
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Greg Smith Portrait
Greg Smith
Officer
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Holmes Portrait
Paul Holmes
Officer
Conservative - Hamble Valley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Central South , Hospice and End of Life Care , South East , South Western Railway

No other APPG Memberships

Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Withington
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Eaton Portrait
Baroness Eaton
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 9th February 2022
2 APPG Officer Positions
Men and Boys' Issues , Pro-Life

No other APPG Memberships

Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football Supporters , Park Homes

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Shipley Portrait
Lord Shipley
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sandy Martin Portrait
Sandy Martin
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Ipswich
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Listowel Portrait
Earl of Listowel
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Martin Vickers Portrait
Martin Vickers
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Brigg and Immingham
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th August 2018
6 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Poland , Rail , Steel and Metals-Related Industries

No other APPG Memberships

Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Secretary
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Scriven Portrait
Lord Scriven
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
Pharmacy

No other APPG Memberships

Mary Glindon Portrait
Mary Glindon
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fire Safety and Rescue , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , Obesity , Parkinson's , Responsible Vaping

No other APPG Memberships

Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships