Local Growth APPG

First Registered: 03/02/2016 • Last updated on: 28/03/2025

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To provide a policy forum that supports local economic growth by bringing together parliamentarians, local government representatives, business, and educational institutions.

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
David Baines Portrait
David Baines
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - St Helens North
Joined: 28th March 2025
4 APPG Memberships
Dyslexia , Events , Liverpool City Region , Rugby Football League
Lauren Edwards Portrait
Lauren Edwards
Officer
Labour - Rochester and Strood
Joined: 28th March 2025
5 APPG Memberships
Cricket , Digital Markets and Digital Money , Financial Markets and Services , Insurance and Financial Services , Skills, Careers and Employment
Martin Wrigley Portrait
Martin Wrigley
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot
Joined: 28th March 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Harding of Winscombe Portrait
Baroness Harding of Winscombe
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th March 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

David Baines MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: david.baines.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Archie Ratcliffe, Local Government Association. Tel: 020 3838 4868

Email: archie.ratcliffe@local.gov.uk

Secretariat:

Local Government Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.local.gov.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
17 Dec 2024
Source
Local Government Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/12/2024 To : 16/12/2025
Value
£15,001
Date
9 Dec 2015
Source
Westminster City Council
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/12/2015 To : 09/12/2016
Value
£7,501

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

Former APPG Officers
Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hampshire
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
5 APPG Memberships
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders
Lord Shipley Portrait
Lord Shipley
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Jon Cruddas Portrait
Jon Cruddas
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Dagenham and Rainham
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Chris White Portrait
Chris White
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Aldous Portrait
Peter Aldous
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Waveney
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Memberships