To promote and provide a forum for the discussion of issues relating to the sale and resale of tickets, for events, with a particular focus on devising solutions to the problem of ticket touting.
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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3 Current APPG Officers
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Sharon Hodgson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 30th July 2015
5 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food
43 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beauty and Wellbeing , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food
43 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beauty and Wellbeing , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
1 APPG Officer Position
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6 APPG Memberships
Beer , Hydrogen , India , Internet, Communications and Technology , Manufacturing , Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System
Golf
6 APPG Memberships
Beer , Hydrogen , India , Internet, Communications and Technology , Manufacturing , Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System
6 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Music Education , Tennis , Theatre , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
6 APPG Memberships
Bus and Coach , Carers , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthy Places , Homelessness , Performing Arts Education and Training
Classical Music , Film and Broader Screen , Music Education , Tennis , Theatre , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
6 APPG Memberships
Bus and Coach , Carers , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthy Places , Homelessness , Performing Arts Education and Training
Contact Details
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Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5160.
Email: sharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk
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No benefits in kind are on record for the Ticket Abuse APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Ticket Abuse APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Pete Wishart
Officer
Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 12th February 2025
6 APPG Officer Positions
Air Ambulances , Beer , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Intellectual Property , Music , Writers
Air Ambulances , Beer , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Intellectual Property , Music , Writers
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Brennan of Canton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Nick Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 13th December 2023
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Hannah Bardell
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Livingston
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Nickie Aiken
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Cities of London and Westminster
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Strasburger
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020Departed: 13th December 2023
Lord Clement-Jones
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 13th December 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Artificial Intelligence , Digital Inclusion , Digital Regulation and Responsibility , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology
Artificial Intelligence , Digital Inclusion , Digital Regulation and Responsibility , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen McPartland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stevenage
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships