Social Media APPG
First Registered: 19/06/2019 • Last updated on: 05/04/2023
Note: This APPG was last registered on 5th April 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Social Mobility APPG?
To drive policy change that mitigates the negatives and maximises the positives of social media for young people.
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Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Officers
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Luke Pollard
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Aaron Bell
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Bambos Charalambous
Vice Chair
Labour - Southgate and Wood Green
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th April 2023
Alevis , Cyprus , Global Education , Music Education , Opera , Yazidis
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Elmore
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bridgend
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
David Linden
Treasurer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Damian Hinds
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Hampshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 25th August 2021
Down Syndrome , Hospitality and Tourism , Political and Media Literacy , T-Levels , Wine of Great Britain
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Prentis of Banbury
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
William Wragg
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Hazel Grove
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss
Treasurer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Danielle Rowley
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Luke Pollard MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 2749.
Email: luke.pollard.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Michael Tunks, UK Safer Internet Centre, c/o Internet Watch Foundation, Discovery House, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridgeshire CB24 9ZR. Tel: 01223 203 030
Email: mike@iwf.org.uk
Secretariat:
UK Safer Internet Centre acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide13 Jan 2022
UK Safer Internet Centre
Secretariat From : 13/01/2022 To : 12/01/2023
£7,501
14 Sep 2021
UK Safer Internet Centre
Setting up new website for the group
£4,501
13 Jan 2021
UK Safer Internet Centre
Secretariat From : 13/01/2021 To : 12/01/2022
£3,001
20 Mar 2019
Royal Society for Public Health
Secretariat From : 20/03/2019 To : 19/03/2029
£13,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Social Media APPG