South Africa APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 12/02/2025

To foster mutually beneficial relationships between the UK and the Republic of South Africa, in particular between the two parliaments, civil society, business and commerce, and arts and culture.

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 APPG Officers
Rachel Taylor Portrait
Rachel Taylor
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - North Warwickshire and Bedworth
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Lord Hain Portrait
Lord Hain
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
1 APPG Membership
Formula 1 and Motorsport
Kieran Mullan Portrait
Kieran Mullan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 2nd January 2025
3 APPG Memberships
Deep Geothermal , Humanist , Rural Services
Lord St John of Bletso Portrait
Lord St John of Bletso
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Rachel Taylor MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: rachel.taylor.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Tricia Sibbons, Action for Southern Africa. Tel: 07487 511 137

Email: tricia.sibbons@actsa.org

Secretariat:

Action for Southern Africa acts as the group's secretariat. https://actsa.org

Date
29 Oct 2024
Source
Action for Southern Africa
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/10/2024 To : 28/10/2025
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the South Africa APPG

Former APPG Officers
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Oates Portrait
Lord Oates
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Africa
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for South West Bedfordshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Critical Minerals , Scientific
Chris Loder Portrait
Chris Loder
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for West Dorset
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Hayward Portrait
Lord Hayward
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Rugby Union Football Club
Baroness Brown of Silvertown Portrait
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Black Health
Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 28th June 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Global Education , Slovenia , Waterways
Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Sandwich Portrait
Earl of Sandwich
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
David Mundell Portrait
David Mundell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
Ruth Cadbury Portrait
Ruth Cadbury
Vice Chair
Labour - Brentford and Isleworth
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Baroness Blackstone Portrait
Baroness Blackstone
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
Syria
Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Stephens Portrait
Chris Stephens
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow South West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Steel of Aikwood Portrait
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hughes of Woodside Portrait
Lord Hughes of Woodside
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey
Ian Lavery Portrait
Ian Lavery
Vice Chair
Labour - Blyth and Ashington
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Chi Onwurah Portrait
Chi Onwurah
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Africa , Engineering , Jazz , Space
Lord Chidgey Portrait
Lord Chidgey
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Scott of Foscote Portrait
Lord Scott of Foscote
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life Peer (judicial)
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Memberships