Motor APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

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To debate the policy priorities of the UK's automotive industry, motorsport industry and vehicle users, focusing on UK manufacturing and the role of road transport, including the environmental impact; and to promote dialogue between politicians, these industries, users and other stakeholders.

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
Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 21st November 2018
5 APPG Memberships
Canada , Electric Vehicle , International Students , Semiconductors , Video Games and Esports
Samantha Niblett Portrait
Samantha Niblett
Vice Chair
Labour - South Derbyshire
Joined: 9th October 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Financial Technology , Internet, Communications and Technology , Open Banking and Payments
Lord Fox Portrait
Lord Fox
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
3 APPG Memberships
Flooding and Flooded Communities , Racing and Bloodstock , Water
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Matt Western MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 2051.

Email: matt.western.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Andrew Harries, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd

Email: apmg@smmt.co.uk

Secretariat:

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Motorsport Industry Association and RAC Foundation jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.smmt.co.uk and https://the-mia.com and https://www.racfoundation.org

Benefits in Kind
Date
4 Sep 2024
Source
RAC Foundation
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/09/2024 To : 03/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
4 Sep 2024
Source
Motorsport Industry Association
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/09/2024 To : 03/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
4 Sep 2024
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 04/09/2024 To : 03/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Jun 2019
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
23 Jan 2019
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Dec 2018
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
24 Oct 2018
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Sep 2018
Source
RAC Foundation
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 13/09/2018 To : 12/09/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Sep 2018
Source
Motorsports Industry Association
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 13/09/2018 To : 12/09/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Sep 2018
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 13/09/2018 To : 12/09/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
20 Jun 2018
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Events (held on 21/03/2018 and 20/06/2018)
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Dec 2017
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Dec 2017
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event held on 05/12/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
19 Oct 2017
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
19 Oct 2017
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Event held on 19/10/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Sep 2017
Source
RAC Foundation
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 13/09/2017 To : 12/09/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Sep 2017
Source
Motorsports Industry Association
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 13/09/2017 To : 12/09/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Sep 2017
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 13/09/2017 To : 12/09/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
RAC Foundation
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Motorsports Industry Association
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Description
secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Motor APPG

Former APPG Officers
Greg Clark Portrait
Greg Clark
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Tunbridge Wells
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Smith Portrait
Greg Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Beer , Formula 1 and Motorsport , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness
Gavin Newlands Portrait
Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Vice Chair
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Mark Garnier Portrait
Mark Garnier
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wyre Forest
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Energy Studies , Japan , Space , Thailand , Vietnam
Julian Knight Portrait
Julian Knight
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Solihull
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hain Portrait
Lord Hain
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Membership
Formula 1 and Motorsport
Andrew Griffith Portrait
Andrew Griffith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Arundel and South Downs
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Jack Dromey
Vice Chair
 Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Memberships
David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Chichester
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Randerson Portrait
Baroness Randerson
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Champion Portrait
Sarah Champion
Officer
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Memberships
Channel Islands , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Ocean , Taiwan , Zoos and Aquariums
Alan Brown Portrait
Alan Brown
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Gavin Shuker Portrait
Gavin Shuker
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Luton South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Drayson Portrait
Lord Drayson
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Richard Burden Portrait
Richard Burden
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Neil Carmichael
Treasurer
 Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Astor of Hever Portrait
Lord Astor of Hever
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Memberships