Rural Business APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 10/03/2021

Note: This APPG was last registered on 10th March 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 24th January 2024 and may be defunct.

To examine the areas that would reduce the productivity gap between urban and rural areas.

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

Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - York Outer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 10th March 2021
Rosie Cooper Portrait
Rosie Cooper
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for West Lancashire
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Elmore Portrait
Chris Elmore
Vice Chair
Labour - Ogmore
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Simon Hoare Portrait
Simon Hoare
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 10th March 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Northern Ireland Economy , Thalidomide
Duncan Baker Portrait
Duncan Baker
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Norfolk
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Vice Chair
Conservative - North West Durham
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
Vice Chair
Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Cornwall
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Angela Smith Portrait
Angela Smith
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wells
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Drew Portrait
David Drew
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George Portrait
Ruth George
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hayman of Ullock Portrait
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Julian Sturdy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7199.

Email: julian.sturdy.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Louie Brockbank, Office of Julian Sturdy MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 7199

Email: louie.brockbank@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Rural Business APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Rural Business APPG