Tibet APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 31/07/2025

To put pressure on His Majesty's Government to encourage negotiations between the Chinese Government and representatives of the Tibetan Government in exile, whilst recognising that Tibet is an occupied country which had independent ties with Britain.

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
Luke Akehurst Portrait
Luke Akehurst
Vice Chair
Labour - North Durham
Joined: 31st July 2025
Lord McInnes of Kilwinning Portrait
Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Armenia , Syria
1 APPG Membership
United Nations Global Goals
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Chris Law MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: chris.law.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kate Saunders, Free Tibet. Tel: 0330 016 8404

Email: mail@freetibet.org

Secretariat:

Free Tibet acts as the group's secretariat. https://freetibet.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Tibet APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Tibet APPG

Former APPG Officers
Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 29th September 2015
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: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Marion Fellows Portrait
Marion Fellows
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy

No other APPG Memberships

Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
British Hindus

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Officer
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Catherine West Portrait
Catherine West
Officer
Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 4th November 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Officer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 4th November 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Officer
Labour - Scunthorpe
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hoey Portrait
Baroness Hoey
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
British Heritage

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

David Mackintosh Portrait
David Mackintosh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Northampton South
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Fabian Hamilton Portrait
Fabian Hamilton
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Leeds North East
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 3rd February 2016
5 APPG Officer Positions
British Council and Soft Power , Cycling and Walking , Human Rights , Latin America , Morocco

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Avebury Portrait
Lord Avebury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 3rd February 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships