East Coast Main Line APPG

First Registered: 14/03/2018 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 8th April 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the West Coast Main Line APPG?

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To campaign on securing investment for one of the UK's most strategic rail routes; on improving passenger experience, capacity and reliability; and on shorter journey times - as well as on the economic growth that could be unlocked in the areas the East Coast Main Line serves.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Members
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Antisemitism , Armed Forces , Sustainable Aviation
Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Darlington
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Child of the North , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Social Integration
Martin Vickers Portrait
Martin Vickers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Cleethorpes
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
7 APPG Memberships
Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Heritage Rail , Kosovo , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Rail
Lord Beith Portrait
Lord Beith
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Sweden
Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Vice Chair
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Charities and Volunteering , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health
Ian Mearns Portrait
Ian Mearns
Vice Chair
Labour - Gateshead
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Parental Participation in Education
Tommy Sheppard Portrait
Tommy Sheppard
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Climate Change , Deafness , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Humanist , Palestine , Population, Development and Reproductive Health
Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Vice Chair
Labour - Jarrow
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Colne Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
6 APPG Memberships
Fairtrade , ITV , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parkinson's , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Stephen McPartland Portrait
Stephen McPartland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Stevenage
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
Bingo
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Vice Chair
Labour - Edinburgh South
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Football Club , Scotch Whisky
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
23 APPG Memberships
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sweden , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
3 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Hydrogen , Malawi
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Catherine McKinnell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7115.

Email: catherine.mckinnell.mp@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the East Coast Main Line APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the East Coast Main Line APPG