Multiple Sclerosis APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 12/02/2025

To advocate on behalf of and alongside people affected by MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and to promote the interests of people in the MS community.

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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APPGs can register with Parallel Parliament and submit files and articles to be placed here.

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Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Oliver Ryan Portrait
Oliver Ryan
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Burnley
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Membership
Saudi Arabia
Simon Hoare Portrait
Simon Hoare
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 29th September 2015
Lord Dubs Portrait
Lord Dubs
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Lebanon , Refugees
Sean Woodcock Portrait
Sean Woodcock
Vice Chair
Labour - Banbury
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Oliver Ryan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: oliver.ryan.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Henry Tyrrell, MS Society. Tel: 020 8438 0765

Email: public.affairs@mssociety.org.uk

Secretariat:

MS Society acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.mssociety.org.uk/

Date
27 Nov 2024
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/11/2024 To : 26/11/2025
Value
£6,001
Date
10 Mar 2024
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/03/2024 To : 09/03/2025
Value
£6,001
Date
10 Mar 2023
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/03/2023 To : 09/03/2024
Value
£7,501
Date
10 Mar 2021
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/03/2021 To : 09/03/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
10 Mar 2020
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/03/2020 To : 09/03/2021
Value
£4,501
Date
5 Dec 2018
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/12/2018 To : 04/12/2019
Value
£4,501
Date
5 Dec 2017
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/12/2017 To : 04/12/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£9,001
Date
16 Sep 2015
Source
MS Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 16/09/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£7,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Multiple Sclerosis APPG

Former APPG Officers
Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Armenia
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South West Bedfordshire
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Charlotte Nichols Portrait
Charlotte Nichols
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Warrington North
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Video Games and Esports
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
Officer
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Gavin Robinson Portrait
Gavin Robinson
Officer
Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast East
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Peter Aldous Portrait
Peter Aldous
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Waveney
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Monks Portrait
Lord Monks
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Officer
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
2 APPG Memberships
North East , Women's Football
Angus Brendan MacNeil Portrait
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 15th June 2022
4 APPG Memberships
Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Syria
Ian Mearns Portrait
Ian Mearns
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Gateshead
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Norman Lamb Portrait
Norman Lamb
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for North Norfolk
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bellingham Portrait
Lord Bellingham
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George Portrait
Ruth George
Officer
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Karen Lee Portrait
Karen Lee
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Lloyd Portrait
Stephen Lloyd
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Eastbourne
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Grey-Thompson Portrait
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 13th February 2019
3 APPG Memberships
Rail , Women in Parliament , Women's Football
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Officer
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Fiona Mactaggart Portrait
Fiona Mactaggart
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Slough
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Officer
Labour - Scunthorpe
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th January 2017
No other APPG Memberships