Western Sahara APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Western Gateway APPG?

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To promote issues of mutual concern between British MPs and the Western Sahara, and ensure the subject is never far from the political agenda of the UK Parliament.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Chair & Registered Contact
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

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Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Secretary
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
British Hindus

No other APPG Memberships

Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Treasurer
Labour - Easington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy

No other APPG Memberships

Alan Brown Portrait
Alan Brown
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

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Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals) , Egypt

No other APPG Memberships

Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football Supporters , Park Homes

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Davies of Stamford
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Paul Flynn
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Williams Portrait
Mark Williams
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Ceredigion
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Ben Lake MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

John Gurr, Western Sahara Campaign, Manora, Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 4AF. Tel: 01974 282 214

Email: coordinator@wsahara.org.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Western Sahara APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Western Sahara APPG