Sport APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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To be the central, constructive, cross-party voice for sport in parliament and to promote the wider societal benefits of sport and physical activity in the UK.

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
Kim Leadbeater Portrait
Kim Leadbeater
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Batley and Spen
Joined: 30th November 2022
4 APPG Memberships
Political Literacy , Social Integration , Tidy Britain , UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Baroness Grey-Thompson Portrait
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
1 APPG Membership
Rail
Baroness Sater Portrait
Baroness Sater
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
2 APPG Memberships
Financial Education for Young People , Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System
Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Neath
Joined: 21st July 2016
6 APPG Memberships
Alternative Dispute Resolution , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing , Flood Prevention , Haiti , River Thames , UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Kim Leadbeater MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4594.

Email: kim.leadbeater.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Molly Hartill, Sport and Recreation Alliance, 5th Floor, Holborn Tower, 137-144 High Holborn, London WC1V 6PL. Tel: 020 7976 3908

Email: mhartill@sportandrecreation.org.uk

Secretariat:

Sport and Recreation Alliance acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk/policy/the-alliance-in-parliament/the-all-party-parliamentary-group-for-sport

Benefits in Kind
Date
22 Jan 2022
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/01/2022 To : 21/01/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
22 Jan 2021
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/01/2021 To : 21/01/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
22 Jan 2020
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/01/2020 To : 21/01/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
22 Jan 2020
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/01/2020 To : 21/01/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
17 Jul 2018
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2018
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Sport and Recreation Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Sport APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Bishop of Derby Portrait
Lord Bishop of Derby
Vice Chair
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Fair Business Banking , Fairgrounds and Circuses , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Immigration Detention , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Students , Yemen
Hannah Bardell Portrait
Hannah Bardell
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Livingston
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Scotch Whisky
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Portrait
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nick Smith Portrait
Nick Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaenau Gwent
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Debt and Personal Finance , Film and Broader Screen , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Parkrun , Snooker
Lord Addington Portrait
Lord Addington
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , Rugby Union Football Club
Kirsty Blackman Portrait
Kirsty Blackman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Infant Feeding and Inequalities
Wendy Chamberlain Portrait
Wendy Chamberlain
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - North East Fife
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Carers , Scotch Whisky
Julie Elliott Portrait
Julie Elliott
Vice Chair
Labour - Sunderland Central
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Children's Media and the Arts , Digital Inclusion , ITV , Jordan , Kidney , Palestine
Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Ticket Abuse
Ben Bradley Portrait
Ben Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mansfield
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
Swimming
Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare Portrait
Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
10 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Leamside Line , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Dehenna Davison Portrait
Dehenna Davison
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bishop Auckland
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
Music
Julian Knight Portrait
Julian Knight
Vice Chair
Independent - Solihull
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Naseby Portrait
Lord Naseby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Mutuals
Lord Hayward Portrait
Lord Hayward
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Zimbabwe
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - North Swindon
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 29th August 2018
1 APPG Membership
Night Time Economy
Neil Gray Portrait
Neil Gray
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Airdrie and Shotts
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Vice Chair
Conservative - Corby
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Daventry
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Pendry Portrait
Lord Pendry
President
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Austin of Dudley Portrait
Lord Austin of Dudley
Secretary
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
3 APPG Memberships
Holocaust Memorial , Israel , Lower Carbon Construction Vehicles
Christian Matheson Portrait
Christian Matheson
Treasurer
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships