New Towns APPG

First Registered: 28/09/2017 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

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To celebrate the contribution made by the UK’s New Towns and highlight the challenges and opportunities they face. This APPG aims to change attitudes to the New Towns and gain recognition for them; make the case for investment in their growth and renewal; and positively help shape future government policy.

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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Former Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Members
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Best Portrait
Lord Best
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Housing and Care for Older People
Lucy Allan Portrait
Lucy Allan
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Telford
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ashley Dalton Portrait
Ashley Dalton
Officer
Labour - West Lancashire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Andy Carter Portrait
Andy Carter
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Warrington South
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Iain Stewart Portrait
Iain Stewart
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Milton Keynes South
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
James Sunderland Portrait
James Sunderland
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Rosie Cooper
Officer
 Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Harlow
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Vice-Chair
Labour - Torfaen
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Faisal Rashid Portrait
Faisal Rashid
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Warrington South
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Redditch
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Lisa Cameron MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6855.

Email: lisa.cameron.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Katy Lock , Town & Country Planning Association, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AS . Tel: 020 3965 4379

Email: Katy.lock@tcpa.org.uk

Secretariat:

Town & Country Planning Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.tcpa.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.tcpa.org.uk/new-towns-appg

Benefits in Kind
Date
26 Jan 2023
Source
The Town and Country Planning Association
Description
The Town and Country Planning Association is paid by The Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 26/01/2023 To : 25/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
26 Jan 2022
Source
The Town and Country Planning Association
Description
The Town and Country Planning Association is paid by The Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 26/01/2022 To : 25/01/2023
Value
£7,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the New Towns APPG