Youth Affairs APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To raise the profile of issues that affect and concern young people, encourage dialogue between parliamentarians, young people and youth services, and encourage a co-ordinated and coherent approach to youth policy making.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Natasha Irons Portrait
Natasha Irons
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Croydon East
Joined: 9th October 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Children's Online Safety , London
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Officer
Conservative - East Grinstead and Uckfield
Joined: 9th October 2024
David Williams Portrait
David Williams
Officer
Labour - Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 9th October 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Natasha Irons MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6733.

Email: natasha.irons.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jack Chesterman, YMCA England & Wales. Tel: 020 7186 9500

Email: appgonyouthaffairs@ymca.org.uk

Secretariat:

YMCA England & Wales acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ymca.org.uk/

Date
29 Jan 2023
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2023
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2022
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2022
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2021
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2021
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
YMCA England and Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
2 Nov 2018
Source
YMCA England & Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2018 To : 01/11/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
2 Nov 2018
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2018 To : 01/11/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
25 May 2018
Source
National Youth Agency
Description
Costs met for an Inquiry held from May 2018 to January 2019
Value
£72,001
Date
2 Nov 2017
Source
YMCA England & Wales
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2017 To : 01/11/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
2 Nov 2017
Source
British Youth Council
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 02/11/2017 To : 01/11/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Nov 2016
Source
YMCA England
Description
YMCA England is funded by the British Youth Council to act as the group's secretariat   From : 15/11/2016 To : 14/11/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jul 2015
Source
YMCA England
Description
YMCA England is funded by the British Youth Council and National Council for Voluntary Youth Services to act as the group's secretariat   From : 15/07/2015 To : 15/07/2016
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Youth Affairs APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Aberdare Portrait
Lord Aberdare
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Apprenticeships , Defibrillators , Opera , Responsible Business , Slovenia

No other APPG Memberships

Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Walton
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jo Gideon Portrait
Jo Gideon
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Imran Hussain Portrait
Imran Hussain
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Kashmir , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Vice Chair
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Mary Glindon Portrait
Mary Glindon
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fire Safety and Rescue , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , Obesity , Parkinson's , Responsible Vaping

No other APPG Memberships

David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John McNally Portrait
John McNally
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Falkirk
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

George Howarth Portrait
George Howarth
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Knowsley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football Supporters , Park Homes

No other APPG Memberships

Beth Winter Portrait
Beth Winter
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Taiwo Owatemi Portrait
Taiwo Owatemi
Vice Chair
Labour - Coventry North West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Claudia Webbe Portrait
Claudia Webbe
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Ealing North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Olivia Blake Portrait
Olivia Blake
Officer
Labour - Sheffield Hallam
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
4 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Local Nature Recovery , Migration , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Bradley Portrait
Ben Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Mansfield
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Amanda Solloway Portrait
Amanda Solloway
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Derby North
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 1st July 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Karen Lee Portrait
Karen Lee
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chichester
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Karen Lee Portrait
Karen Lee
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Vicky Foxcroft Portrait
Vicky Foxcroft
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham North
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Norwich North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield Central
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Secretary
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships