Rail in the North APPG

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

To discuss rail services in the North of England.

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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7 Current APPG Officers
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough
Joined: 5th November 2019
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Ian Mearns MP, 12 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, NE8 1LU. Tel: 0191 477 0651.

Email: ian.mearns.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Maxine Newton, Freshwater, Boundary House, 91 Charterhouse Street, London EC1M 6HR. Tel: 0207 067 1595

Email: appg.railinthenorth@freshwater.co.uk

Secretariat:

Freshwater acts as the group's secretariat. https://freshwater.co.uk/

Date
4 Feb 2023
Source
Freshwater
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2023 To : 03/02/2024
Value
£10,501
Date
4 Feb 2022
Source
Freshwater
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2022 To : 03/02/2023
Value
£10,501
Date
4 Feb 2021
Source
Freshwater
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
Value
£10,501
Date
4 Feb 2020
Source
Freshwater
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
Value
£15,001
Date
4 Feb 2020
Source
Freshwater
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
Value
£10,501
Date
11 Jul 2019
Source
Freshwater UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
Value
£15,001
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
Freshwater UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£15,001
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
Freshwater UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£7,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Freshwater UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£13,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Freshwater UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£7,501
Date
24 Dec 2015
Source
Rail North Ltd
Value
£2,400
Date
18 Sep 2015
Source
Rail North Ltd
Value
£2,400
Date
12 Jun 2015
Source
Rail North Ltd
Value
£2,400
Date
1 Apr 2015
Source
Rail North Ltd
Value
£2,400
Date
20 Mar 2015
Source
Rail North Ltd
Value
£2,400
Former APPG Officers
Mark Eastwood Portrait
Mark Eastwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dewsbury
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 5th April 2023
John Grogan Portrait
John Grogan
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Thelma Walker Portrait
Thelma Walker
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Judith Cummins Portrait
Judith Cummins
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford South
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 29th August 2018
John Pugh Portrait
John Pugh
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Southport
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Vice Chair
Conservative - York Outer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016