Media APPG

Andy Carter

Chair & Registered Contact

Conservative - Warrington South

Joined: 24th February 2020

7 APPG Memberships
AEA Technology Pensions , Brazil , Channel 4 , Commercial Radio , Light Rail , Oracy , School Exclusions and Alternative Provision

Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone

Vice Chair

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 24th February 2020

2 APPG Memberships
Social Science and Policy , University of Hull

Roger Gale

Vice Chair

Conservative - North Thanet

Joined: 29th September 2015

11 APPG Memberships
Banning Trophy Hunting , British Council , Cyprus , Deaths Abroad, Consular Services and Assistance , Dog Advisory Welfare , Electric Aviation , Frozen British Pensions , General Aviation , Hospitality and Tourism , Hydrogen , Media Freedom

Mark Pritchard

Vice Chair

Conservative - The Wrekin

Joined: 29th September 2015

22 APPG Memberships
Albania , Armenia , Betting and Gaming , Caribbean , Death Penalty , Estonia , Film and Production Industry , Georgia , Germany , Hong Kong , Jordan , Kosovo , Maldives , Opera , Romania , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Turkey , Ukraine , United Arab Emirates , Uyghurs , Vietnam

Peter Bottomley

Vice Chair

Conservative - Worthing West

Joined: 29th September 2015

68 APPG Memberships
Adult Education , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , BBC , Black Maternal Health , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens Rights , Commonwealth , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Longevity , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Park Homes , Period Equality , Photography , Race and Community , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Retail Crime , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , Social Work , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Votes at 16 , Western Rail Link to Heathrow , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport , Youth Affairs

Lisa Cameron

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

Joined: 24th February 2020

79 APPG Memberships
22q11 Syndrome , American Football , Antisemitism , Arctic and Nordic Councils , Armed Forces , Armed Forces Covenant , Assistive Technology , Australia and New Zealand , Autism , Bahrain , Banning Trophy Hunting , Belgium , Bermuda , Boys' Brigade , Breast Cancer , British Jews , British Overseas Territories , Canada , Cats , Cerebral Palsy , Channel 4 , Channel Islands , Childhood Trauma , Chile , China , Commonwealth , Cyprus , Darts , Dementia , Diabetes , Disability , Dog Advisory Welfare , Down Syndrome , Dying Well , Eating Disorders , Entrepreneurship , Estonia , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Fair Business Banking , Financial Education for Young People , Foreign Affairs , Future of Retail , Global Health , Health , Holocaust Memorial , Hydrogen , Inclusive Entrepreneurship , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Japan , Learning Disability , Liechtenstein , Limits to Growth , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Luxembourg , Mentoring , Montserrat , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Pacific Islands , Pro-Life , Psychology , Pubs , Qatar , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Reserves and Cadets , Russia , San Marino , Serbia , Small Island Developing States , Social Media , Switzerland , Textiles and Fashion , Thalidomide , Twelve Steps Recovery Programme from Addiction , United Nations , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , United Nations Women , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Whistleblowing , Woods and Trees

Lord Foster of Bath

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Life peer

Joined: 23rd October 2019

3 APPG Memberships
Gambling Related Harm , Publishing , Taiwan

Lord Birt

Vice Chair

Crossbench - Life peer

Joined: 23rd October 2019

1 APPG Membership
Metal, Stone and Heritage Crime

Alun Cairns

Vice Chair

Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan

Joined: 24th February 2020

10 APPG Memberships
Broadband and Digital Communication , Cyber Security , Energy Security , Financial Markets and Services , Future of Aviation , Parkrun , Qatar , Singapore , Taxis , Transatlantic Trade

Andrew Griffith

Vice Chair

Conservative - Arundel and South Downs

Joined: 24th February 2020

12 APPG Memberships
British Overseas Territories , Broadband and Digital Communication , Dark Skies , Fair Business Banking , Future of Aviation , Hydrogen , Motor , New and Advanced Technologies , Technology and National Security , Weddings , Wilton Park , Wine of Great Britain

Mark Logan

Vice Chair

Conservative - Bolton North East

Joined: 24th February 2020

18 APPG Memberships
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , British Council , British Museum , British Muslims , China , Down Syndrome , Electric Vehicles , Hospitality and Tourism , India , International Students , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Jordan , Respiratory Health , Single Parent Families , Sri Lanka , Tidy Britain , Ukraine , Union

Alex Davies-Jones

Vice Chair

Labour - Pontypridd

Joined: 24th February 2020

13 APPG Memberships
Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK (CANZUK) , Coalfield Communities , Farming , Financial Resilience , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Music Education , Ovarian Cancer , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Social Enterprise , Water , Women and Work , Wrestling

Rosie Cooper

Vice Chair

Labour - West Lancashire

Joined: 29th September 2015

22 APPG Memberships
Antibiotics , Belgium , Bermuda , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Cayman Islands , Deafness , Dying Well , Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Fairs and Showgrounds , Funerals and Bereavement , Furniture Industry , Future of Aviation , Haiti , Lancashire , Luxembourg , Maldives , Philippines , Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse , Single Parent Families , United Nations Women , West Coast Main Line , Whistleblowing

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

Vice Chair

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 7th August 2020

5 APPG Memberships
Animal Welfare , Dark Skies , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , Gardening and Horticulture , Midlands Engine

Christine Jardine

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West

Joined: 7th August 2020

13 APPG Memberships
China , Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Marine Energy , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Motor Neurone Disease , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Union , United Nations Women , Women in Parliament

Owen Thompson

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - Midlothian

Joined: 16th December 2020

17 APPG Memberships
Armed Forces Covenant , Boys' Brigade , Civil Service and Public Sector Workers , Coalfield Communities , Cyber Security , Digital Identity , Digital Skills , Electoral Reform , Events , Football Club , Hong Kong , Internet, Communications and Technology , Life Sciences , Political Literacy , Space , Terminal Illness , Video Games and Esports

Jamie Stone

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Joined: 16th December 2020

9 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Aerospace , Armed Forces , Bahrain , Cleaning and Hygiene , Gaps in Support , Nuclear Energy , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Space

Lord Inglewood

Vice Chair

Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary

Joined: 14th July 2021

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Gordon of Strathblane

Vice Chair

Labour - Deceased - 1 April 2020

Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 24th February 2020

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Life peer

Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019

11 APPG Memberships
BBC , British Council , British Museum , Channel 4 , Creative Diversity , Dance , Italy , ITV , Mexico , Music Education , Publishing

Lord Vaizey of Didcot

Vice Chair

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019

6 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Creative Diversity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Textiles and Fashion , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts

John Grogan

Honorary Secretary

Labour - Former Member for Keighley

Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019

No other APPG Memberships

John Nicolson

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire

Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017

4 APPG Memberships
Democracy and the Constitution , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Media Literacy , Visual Arts