Maternity APPG

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

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.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Michelle Welsh Portrait
Michelle Welsh
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sherwood Forest
Joined: 7th May 2025
Danny Chambers Portrait
Danny Chambers
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Winchester
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 Memberships
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
Siobhan Baillie Portrait
Siobhan Baillie
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
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 Memberships
Baroness Taylor of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Football , Furniture Industry
Jill Mortimer Portrait
Jill Mortimer
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Hartlepool
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
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 Memberships
Tulip Siddiq Portrait
Tulip Siddiq
Officer
Labour - Hampstead and Highgate
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
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 Memberships
Baroness Cumberlege Portrait
Baroness Cumberlege
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 17th May 2023
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 Memberships
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Colchester
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 27th March 2019
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 Memberships
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Earl of Listowel
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
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 Memberships