To work to promote the interests of district councils, support closer working with parliamentarians and to raise awareness of the opportunities for districts in shaping the evolving local government agenda.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Packaging Manufacturing Industry
Contact Details
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Sir Brandon Lewis MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7231.
Email: brandon.lewis.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
District Councils’ Network, 18 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ . Tel: 020 7664 3048
Email: DCN@local.gov.uk
Secretariat:
Connect acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.connectpa.co.uk/
Group's Website:
https://www.districtcouncils.info/what-we-do/appg-for-district-councils
Benefits in Kind
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District Councils’ Network
Secretariat From : 12/03/2024 To : 28/01/2025
£9,001
29 Jan 2024
Cratus Group
Cratus Group was paid by the District Councils’ Network to act as the group’s secretariat From : 29/01/2024 To : 11/03/2024
£3,001
29 Jan 2023
Connect
Connect is paid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
£10,501
29 Jan 2022
Connect
Connect is paid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
£10,501
29 Jan 2021
Connect
Connect is paid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
£10,501
29 Jan 2020
Connect
Connect is apid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
£10,501
6 Sep 2018
Connect
Secretariat From : 06/09/2018 To : 05/09/2019
£10,501
6 Sep 2017
Connect
Secretariat From : 06/09/2017 To : 05/09/2018
£10,501
1 Mar 2016
Connect Communications
Secretariat From : 01/03/2016 To : 31/12/2016
£10,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the District Councils APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Kelly Tolhurst
Officer
Conservative - Rochester and Strood
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Amanda Milling
Officer
Conservative - Cannock Chase
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 1st November 2023
Brandon Lewis
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Great Yarmouth
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 17th May 2023
Jane Hunt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 22nd February 2023
Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS)
Philip Hollobone
Officer
Conservative - Kettering
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 22nd February 2023
Alberto Costa
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Leicestershire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
Graham P Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Lord Teverson
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 10th October 2018
Graham P Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Heather Wheeler
Officer
Conservative - South Derbyshire
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017