Aviation APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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To promote the objective - as set out by the British Government - of making the UK the best country in the world for General Aviation through inspiring both current and future generations to take up science, technology, engineering and mathematics, thereby creating high-tech jobs and growth in our economy.

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 APPG Officers
Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Rochester and Strood
Joined: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Air Ambulances , Women and Enterprise
Lord Berkeley Portrait
Lord Berkeley
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Catalonia , Rail
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate Portrait
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
1 APPG Membership
Historic Vehicles
Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim
Joined: 30th November 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Motorcycling , Northern Ireland
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Kelly Tolhurst MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5387.

Email: kelly.tolhurst.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Matthew Bolshaw

Email: bolshaw@btinternet.com

Group's Website:

https://aviationappg.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Aviation APPG

Financial Benefits Received
Date
11 Jan 2024
Source
Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Ltd
Value
£3,000
Date
31 Oct 2023
Source
Manchester Airports Group
Value
£4,000
Date
24 Oct 2023
Source
Boeing United Kingdom Ltd
Value
£7,500
Former APPG Officers
Roger Gale Portrait
Roger Gale
President
Conservative - North Thanet
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Balfe Portrait
Lord Balfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Children of Alcoholics , Children who need Palliative Care , Cuba , Parental Participation in Education , Vietnam
Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington Portrait
Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Garnier Portrait
Mark Garnier
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wyre Forest
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Corporate Responsibility , Japan , Space
Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Crawley
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Blood Cancer , British Heritage , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , Future of Aviation , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Witney
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Death Penalty , Georgia
Graham Stringer Portrait
Graham Stringer
Vice Chair
Labour - Blackley and Broughton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Future of Aviation
Jack Lopresti Portrait
Jack Lopresti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability
Lord Jackson of Peterborough Portrait
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships