Western Sahara APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

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.

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10 Current APPG Officers
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 29th September 2015
82 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Commonwealth , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Music , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Jeremy Corbyn Portrait
Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Ben Lake MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk

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

Former APPG Officers
Lord Davies of Stamford Portrait
Lord Davies of Stamford
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Flynn Portrait
Paul Flynn
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
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 Memberships