Scotch Whisky APPG

First Registered: 03/02/2016 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To promote and facilitate communication and understanding between representatives of the Scotch Whisky industry and Parliament.

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
4 Current APPG Officers
Graham Leadbitter Portrait
Graham Leadbitter
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Joined: 9th October 2024
Douglas McAllister Portrait
Douglas McAllister
Vice Chair
Labour - West Dunbartonshire
Joined: 9th October 2024
Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 9th October 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Wendy Chamberlain MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 4409.

Email: wendy.chamberlain.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Ellie Carrington, Scotch Whisky Association. Tel: 07389 886418

Email: engagement@swa.org.uk

Secretariat:

Scotch Whisky Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/

Date
2 Sep 2024
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501
Date
2 Sep 2024
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 02/09/2024 To : 01/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Jul 2019
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2019 To : 04/07/2020
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Jul 2018
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2018 To : 04/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Jul 2017
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2017 To : 04/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Dec 2016
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
7 Oct 2016
Source
The Scotch Whiskey Association
Description
Visit to Islay   From : 07/10/2016 To : 08/10/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
7 Oct 2016
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Visit to Islay   From : 07/10/2016 To : 08/10/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
15 Sep 2015
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/09/2015 To : 15/09/2016
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Scotch Whisky APPG

Former APPG Officers
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Vice Chair
Labour - Edinburgh South
Joined: 6th January 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Duguid Portrait
David Duguid
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Banff and Buchan
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Hannah Bardell Portrait
Hannah Bardell
Secretary
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Livingston
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Blackford Portrait
Ian Blackford
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jamie Stone Portrait
Jamie Stone
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia

No other APPG Memberships

Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Syria

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 6th January 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Lamont Portrait
John Lamont
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Fairtrade

No other APPG Memberships

Martin Docherty-Hughes Portrait
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Treasurer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for West Dunbartonshire
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Stevenson Portrait
John Stevenson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Carlisle
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Drew Hendry Portrait
Drew Hendry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 21st April 2021
Douglas Ross Portrait
Douglas Ross
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Moray
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Michelle Thomson Portrait
Michelle Thomson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Edinburgh West
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Fitzpatrick Portrait
Jim Fitzpatrick
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 24th November 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Martin John Docherty
Treasurer
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 3rd February 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships