Zoroastrian APPG

First Registered: 28/09/2017 • 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.

To promote the interests of the British Zoroastrian community and interest in the Zoroastrian faith both inside and outside parliament, as well as improving links with fellow Zoroastrian parliamentarians from around the world.

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
Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Officer
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
India , International Students , Manufacturing

No other APPG Memberships

Gareth Thomas Portrait
Gareth Thomas
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dholakia Portrait
Lord Dholakia
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Prashar Portrait
Baroness Prashar
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
7 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Kuwait , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Treasurer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Chartres Portrait
Lord Chartres
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Dundee Portrait
Earl of Dundee
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Community Development , Croatia , Respiratory Health

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Loomba Portrait
Lord Loomba
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
United Nations Global Goals

No other APPG Memberships

Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Officer
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
British Hindus

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Alderdice Portrait
Lord Alderdice
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Islamic and Ethical Finance

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Stone of Blackheath Portrait
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Djanogly Portrait
Jonathan Djanogly
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Huntingdon
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Gareth Thomas MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Malcolm Deboo, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe, Zoroastrian Centre for Europe, 440 Alexandra Avenue, London HA2 9TL. Tel: 020 8866 0765

Email: malcolm_deboo@yahoo.co.uk

Secretariat:

Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ztfe.com/

Group's Website:

http://www.zoroastrianappg.com/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Zoroastrian APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Zoroastrian APPG