Maternity APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To raise awareness of the value of maternity services to the health and wellbeing of women and babies as well as to a wider society, and to identify and push for improvements across the entire maternity pathway, specifically including making birth safer and the elimination of inequalities.

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 Officers - 60 Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Michelle Welsh Portrait
Michelle Welsh
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sherwood Forest
Joined: 7th May 2025
Marie Tidball Portrait
Marie Tidball
Officer
Labour - Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 7th May 2025
Baroness Wyld Portrait
Baroness Wyld
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th May 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System
60 Current APPG Members
Lewis Atkinson Portrait
Lewis Atkinson
Member
Labour - Sunderland Central
Antonia Bance Portrait
Antonia Bance
Member
Labour - Tipton and Wednesbury
Lee Barron Portrait
Lee Barron
Member
Labour - Corby and East Northamptonshire
Rachel Blake Portrait
Rachel Blake
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster
Juliet Campbell Portrait
Juliet Campbell
Member
Labour - Broxtowe
3 APPG Officer Positions
Caribbean , Children in Police Custody , Dyslexia
1 APPG Membership
Modernising Employment
Ben Coleman Portrait
Ben Coleman
Member
Labour - Chelsea and Fulham
1 APPG Officer Position
Black Health
6 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Autism , Beyond Pills , Fairtrade , Social Science and Policy , Waterways
Andrew Cooper Portrait
Andrew Cooper
Member
Labour - Mid Cheshire
Jen Craft Portrait
Jen Craft
Member
Labour - Thurrock
Anneliese Dodds Portrait
Anneliese Dodds
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Humanist , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy
Helena Dollimore Portrait
Helena Dollimore
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Hastings and Rye
Mark Ferguson Portrait
Mark Ferguson
Member
Labour - Gateshead Central and Whickham
Jeremy Hunt Portrait
Jeremy Hunt
Member
Conservative - Godalming and Ash
2 APPG Officer Positions
Emergency Care , Patient Safety
2 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Antimicrobial Resistance
Sally Jameson Portrait
Sally Jameson
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Doncaster Central
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Care-Experienced Children and Young People
Louise Jones Portrait
Louise Jones
Member
Labour - North East Derbyshire
Alex McIntyre Portrait
Alex McIntyre
Member
Labour - Gloucester
1 APPG Officer Position
Diabetes
5 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Carers , Furniture Industry , Homelessness , Key Cities
Oliver Ryan Portrait
Oliver Ryan
Member
Independent - Burnley
Gregory Stafford Portrait
Gregory Stafford
Member
Conservative - Farnham and Bordon
Baroness Taylor of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Member
Labour - Life peer
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football , Furniture Industry
4 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Humanist , Mutuals , University
Matt Turmaine Portrait
Matt Turmaine
Member
Labour - Watford
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
British Sign Language , Cats , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support
Laurence Turner Portrait
Laurence Turner
Member
Labour - Birmingham Northfield
Melanie Ward Portrait
Melanie Ward
Member
Labour - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Paul Waugh Portrait
Paul Waugh
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Rochdale
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Member
Labour - Stretford and Urmston
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Refugees , United Nations Global Goals
Michael Wheeler Portrait
Michael Wheeler
Member
Labour - Worsley and Eccles
1 APPG Officer Position
Rugby Union Football Club
3 APPG Memberships
Beer , Boxing , Key Cities
Sean Woodcock Portrait
Sean Woodcock
Member
Labour - Banbury
Rosie Wrighting Portrait
Rosie Wrighting
Member
Labour - Kettering
3 APPG Officer Positions
East Midlands , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Youth Employment

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Yemm Portrait
Steve Yemm
Member
Labour - Mansfield
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Michelle Welsh MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7704.

Email: michelle.welsh.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Stuart Bonar, Royal College of Midwives . Tel: 0300 303 0444

Email: stuart.bonar@rcm.org.uk

Secretariat:

Royal College of Midwives acts as the group's secretariat. https://rcm.org.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Maternity APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Maternity APPG

Former APPG Officers
Helen Morgan Portrait
Helen Morgan
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Digital Communities , Flooding and Flooded Communities , Spinal Cord Injury , UK Food Security

No other APPG Memberships

Siobhan Baillie Portrait
Siobhan Baillie
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Cherilyn Mackrory Portrait
Cherilyn Mackrory
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Truro and Falmouth
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Taylor of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football , Furniture Industry

No other APPG Memberships

Jill Mortimer Portrait
Jill Mortimer
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Hartlepool
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tulip Siddiq Portrait
Tulip Siddiq
Officer
Labour - Hampstead and Highgate
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Cumberlege Portrait
Baroness Cumberlege
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Colchester
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Daventry
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Earl of Listowel
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Albert Owen Portrait
Albert Owen
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships