Women in Defence APPG

First Registered: 05/04/2023 • Last updated on: 31/07/2025

To act as a conduit to inform on the challenges in achieving female representation across the defence enterprise - including military, civil services, agencies, private sector, academia, not-for-profits, and parliamentarians - and provide opportunities for the women in defence community to share leading practice, recognise and report on progress.

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

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Sarah Dyke

Chair & Registered Contact

Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton

Joined: 31st July 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Rural Services , Women in Parliament , Woods and Trees
14 APPG Memberships
Animal Welfare , Apprenticeships , Dementia , Digital Communities , Environment , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Heritage Rail , Humanist , Parks and Green Spaces , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tidy Britain , Water Pollution

Emma Lewell

Officer

Labour - South Shields

Joined: 31st July 2025

3 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Leamside Line , North East
5 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Environment , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Grid Networks , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services

Baroness Sugg

Officer

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 31st July 2025

2 APPG Officer Positions
Global Health and Security , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK
8 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Antimicrobial Resistance , Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Global Education , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Nutrition for Development , Women in Parliament

Will Stone

Officer

Labour - Swindon North

Joined: 31st July 2025

2 APPG Officer Positions
Fairgrounds and Circuses , Night Time Economy
2 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Hemp Carbon Capture and Rural Development