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 7th May 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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Members
Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Chair & Registered Contact
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands
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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 Memberships
Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Secretary
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
British Hindus
Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Treasurer
Labour - Easington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy
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 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 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 Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
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Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland
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Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals) , Egypt
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Park Homes
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Lord Davies of Stamford
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
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 Memberships
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Mark Williams
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Ceredigion
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
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