Post Offices APPG

First Registered: 10/10/2018 • Last updated on: 29/06/2026

To champion the Post Office network, raise awareness of the challenges, threats and opportunities, and to help shape government policy, by promoting a healthy and sustainable service, which can continue to provide postal, financial and social inclusion for all communities throughout the United Kingdom.

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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Reticulating Splines
3 Current APPG Officers
Brian Mathew Portrait
Brian Mathew
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Melksham and Devizes
Joined: 29th June 2026
Terry Jermy Portrait
Terry Jermy
Officer
Labour - South West Norfolk
Joined: 29th June 2026
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Brian Mathew MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: brian.mathew.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Howard Greenman, National Federation of Sub Postmasters. Tel: 07970 047686

Email: Howard.greenman@nfsp.org.uk

Secretariat:

National Federation of Sub Postmasters acts as the group's secretariat. https://nfsp.org.uk/

Date
2 Jun 2026
Source
National Federation of Sub Postmasters
Description
Secretariat   From: 02/06/2026 To: 01/06/2027
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Post Offices APPG

Former APPG Officers
Marion Fellows Portrait
Marion Fellows
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Portrait
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Digital Identity , Future Generations , Grid Networks

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hunt of Wirral Portrait
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Kashmir , Kuwait , Oman , Türkiye , Yemen

No other APPG Memberships

Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Vice Chair
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Derek Thomas Portrait
Derek Thomas
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for St Ives
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Beamish Portrait
Lord Beamish
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Cardiac Risk in the Young

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hain Portrait
Lord Hain
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 17th May 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Formula 1 and Motorsport

No other APPG Memberships

Patricia Gibson Portrait
Patricia Gibson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for North Ayrshire and Arran
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 1st July 2020
4 APPG Officer Positions
Debt and Financial Inclusion , Endometriosis , Spinal Cord Injury , Women's Health

No other APPG Memberships

Hugh Gaffney Portrait
Hugh Gaffney
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Wollaston Portrait
Sarah Wollaston
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Totnes
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships