Music APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

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

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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21 Current APPG Officers
Kevin Brennan Portrait
Kevin Brennan
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Cardiff West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Pete Wishart Portrait
Pete Wishart
Co-Chair
Scottish National Party - Perth and North Perthshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Greg Knight Portrait
Greg Knight
Co-Chair
Conservative - East Yorkshire
Joined: 15th June 2022
Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Secretary
Independent - St Helens North
Joined: 28th September 2017
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 23rd October 2019
82 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Commonwealth , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Ribble Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
7 APPG Memberships
Bahrain , Beer , Gibraltar , Morocco , Qatar , Taiwan , Wine and Spirits
David Morris Portrait
David Morris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 30th July 2015
Lord Tyrie Portrait
Lord Tyrie
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Lord Watts Portrait
Lord Watts
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Eastwood Portrait
Mark Eastwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dewsbury
Joined: 15th June 2022
Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th June 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Kevin Brennan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8156.

Email: brennank@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Tom Kiehl , UK Music, Work.Life Fitzrovia, 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL

Email: tom.kiehl@ukmusic.org

Secretariat:

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

Group's Website:

http://allpartymusicgroup.org.uk/

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
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham West and Penge
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
1 APPG Membership
Chess
Dehenna Davison Portrait
Dehenna Davison
Treasurer
Conservative - Bishop Auckland
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
One Punch Assaults , Wrestling
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 - Clwyd South
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 15th June 2022
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
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 - Morley and Outwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
1 APPG Membership
Adult Social Care
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Treasurer
Conservative - Morley and Outwood
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
1 APPG Membership
Adult Social Care
James Frith Portrait
James Frith
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall South
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
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