Racing and Bloodstock APPG

First Registered: 24/02/2020 • Last updated on: 09/09/2025

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To keep parliamentarians and the government up to date with issues in horseracing and bloodstock; to foster good relations with the various parts of horseracing, and between them; and for connected purposes.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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4 Current APPG Officers
Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Liverpool Walton
Joined: 24th February 2020
5 APPG Officer Positions
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Nick Timothy Portrait
Nick Timothy
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Suffolk
Joined: 9th October 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Vice Chair
Labour - Easington
Joined: 24th February 2020
3 APPG Officer Positions
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Radiotherapy
15 APPG Memberships
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Flooding and Flooded Communities , Food and Drink , Motor , Nordic Countries , Water
5 APPG Memberships
Beer , Bus and Coach , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Tidy Britain , Transport Safety
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dan Carden MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6236.

Email: dan.carden.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Henry Dixon-Clegg, British Horseracing Authority

Email: hdixonclegg@britishhorseracing.com

Secretariat:

British Horseracing Authority acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.britishhorseracing.com/

Benefits in Kind
Date
16 Jun 2025
Source
British Horseracing Authority
Description
Report production, and launch reception
Value
£1,501
Date
12 May 2025
Source
British Horseracing Authority
Description
Report polling
Value
£13,501
Date
13 Jan 2025
Source
British Horseracing Authority
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Jan 2025
Source
Jockey Club
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Jan 2025
Source
Arena Racing Company
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Racing and Bloodstock APPG

Former APPG Officers
Laurence Robertson Portrait
Laurence Robertson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Tewkesbury
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Co-Chair
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Lipsey Portrait
Lord Lipsey
Joint Secretary
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Philip Davies Portrait
Philip Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Shipley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for West Suffolk
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Astor of Hever Portrait
Lord Astor of Hever
Joint Secretary
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Falkland Portrait
Viscount Falkland
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Addington Portrait
Lord Addington
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dyslexia , Rugby Union Football Club

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Donoughue Portrait
Lord Donoughue
Secretary
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Prentis of Banbury Portrait
Baroness Prentis of Banbury
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships