Music APPG

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

To provide a discussion forum between the music industry, parliamentarians and their constituencies.

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
Pete Wishart Portrait
Pete Wishart
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire
Joined: 30th July 2015
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Intellectual Property , Ticket Abuse , Writers
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Co-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 18th July 2018
4 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Net Zero , Ukraine , West Papua
Zöe Franklin Portrait
Zöe Franklin
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Guildford
Joined: 9th October 2024
1 APPG Membership
Refugees
Lord Kempsell Portrait
Lord Kempsell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 9th October 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Pete Wishart MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8303.

Email: pete.wishart.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Hannah McLennan, UK Music. Tel: 07763 603 709

Email: hannah.mcLennan@ukmusic.org

Secretariat:

UK Music acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.ukmusic.org/

Group's Website:

https://appgonmusic.wordpress.com/

Date
10 Sep 2024
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/09/2024 To : 09/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
18 Apr 2023
Source
UK Music
Description
Event
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2023
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2023 To : 10/02/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2022
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2022 To : 10/02/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2021
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2021 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2020
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2020 To : 10/02/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2019
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2019 To : 03/07/2020
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 04/07/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 03/07/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
13 Dec 2016
Source
UK Music
Description
Lunch held on 13 December 2016
Value
£1,501
Date
23 Mar 2016
Source
UK Music
Description
Event held on 23 March 2016
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Oct 2015
Source
UK Music
Description
Event held on 12 October 2015
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Oct 2015
Source
BPI
Description
Event held on 12 October 2015
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Music APPG

Former APPG Officers
Dehenna Davison Portrait
Dehenna Davison
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bishop Auckland
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kevin Brennan Portrait
Kevin Brennan
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Cardiff West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Knight Portrait
Greg Knight
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Yorkshire
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ribble Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Rupa Huq Portrait
Rupa Huq
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
Jack Lopresti Portrait
Jack Lopresti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
David Morris Portrait
David Morris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Withington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Tyrie Portrait
Lord Tyrie
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 24th January 2024
Lord Watts Portrait
Lord Watts
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for North Antrim
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Eastwood Portrait
Mark Eastwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Clement-Jones Portrait
Lord Clement-Jones
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 24th January 2024
Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Co-Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
Anna McMorrin Portrait
Anna McMorrin
Vice Chair
Labour - Cardiff North
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham West and East Dulwich
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Jones of Cheltenham Portrait
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Baynes Portrait
Simon Baynes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Clwyd South
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Dawn Butler Portrait
Dawn Butler
Vice Chair
Labour - Brent East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 4th May 2022
Christian Matheson Portrait
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Morley and Outwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Morley and Outwood
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Memberships
James Frith Portrait
James Frith
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury North
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
Luciana Berger Portrait
Luciana Berger
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Liverpool, Wavertree
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Treasurer
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
4 APPG Memberships
Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Selby and Ainsty
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Bingham Portrait
Andrew Bingham
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Michelle Thomson Portrait
Michelle Thomson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Edinburgh West
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships