Somaliland APPG

First Registered: 24/11/2016 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To promote understanding of and support for Somaliland’s achievements in building peace, democratic governance and a sovereign state in the Horn of Africa.

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
Gavin Williamson Portrait
Gavin Williamson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Joined: 15th June 2022
Lord Udny-Lister Portrait
Lord Udny-Lister
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Officer Position
Bahrain
2 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth , India
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Gavin Williamson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7245.

Email: gavin.williamson.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Martha Bevan, Office of Sir Gavin Williamson MP. Tel: 020 7219 4519

Email: martha.bevan@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Somaliland APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Somaliland APPG

Former APPG Officers
Clive Betts Portrait
Clive Betts
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sheffield South East
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield Central
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
Gareth Thomas Portrait
Gareth Thomas
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
Stephen Doughty Portrait
Stephen Doughty
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Vice Chair
Conservative - Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Freedom of Speech , Freight and Logistics , Insurance and Financial Services , Media , Pubs , Self-Driving Vehicles

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger Portrait
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 4th May 2022
Matthew Offord Portrait
Matthew Offord
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hendon
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ruth Jones Portrait
Ruth Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Newport West and Islwyn
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
Baroness Debbonaire Portrait
Baroness Debbonaire
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships