Northern Culture APPG

First Registered: 27/01/2021 • Last updated on: 02/01/2025

The APPG champions the huge economic contribution made by the North’s cultural sector, providing a united voice on pan-northern cultural priorities in order to shape and influence future government decision-making and promoting the need for investment in the North’s strong cultural talent pipeline and heritage.

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
Alison Hume Portrait
Alison Hume
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Scarborough and Whitby
Joined: 2nd January 2025
3 APPG Memberships
Autism , Coastal Communities , Writers
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest Portrait
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Morrison Portrait
Tom Morrison
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Cheadle
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Membership
Child of the North
Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alison Hume MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: alison.hume.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Gill Morris, Devo@Inflect Partners Ltd. Tel: 07976 263 869

Email: gill@devoinflect.co.uk

Secretariat:

Devo@Inflect Partners Ltd acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.inflect.co.uk/

Date
11 Dec 2022
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counterculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC to act as the group's secretariat   From : 11/12/2022 To : 10/12/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Dec 2021
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counterculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC to act as the group's secretariat   From : 11/12/2021 To : 10/12/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Dec 2020
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counteculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC   From : 11/12/2020 To : 10/12/2021
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Dec 2020
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counterculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC to act as the group's secretariat   From : 11/12/2020 To : 10/12/2021
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Northern Culture APPG

Former APPG Officers
James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Archbishop of York Portrait
Lord Archbishop of York
Vice Chair
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bishop of Leeds Portrait
Lord Bishop of Leeds
Vice Chair
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Storey Portrait
Lord Storey
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Education
Julie Elliott Portrait
Julie Elliott
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Sunderland Central
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Howell Portrait
Paul Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tony Lloyd Portrait
Tony Lloyd
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships