Epilepsy APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 17/05/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 17th May 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 8th April 2024 and may be defunct.

To raise awareness of epilepsy among parliamentarians and to engage with individuals and organisations in supporting the promotion of the needs of the epilepsy community.

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
Former APPG Members
Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Honorary Secretary
Labour - Middlesbrough
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Palestine , Spinal Cord Injury
David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Poverty , West Coast Main Line
Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
Caroline Ansell Portrait
Caroline Ansell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Eastbourne
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
Baroness Hussein-Ece Portrait
Baroness Hussein-Ece
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 17th May 2023
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Walsall South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 17th May 2023
David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Vice Chair
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
Melanie Onn Portrait
Melanie Onn
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Great Grimsby
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Kane Portrait
Mike Kane
Vice Chair
Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Holy See
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall South
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
Paula Sherriff Portrait
Paula Sherriff
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Teresa Pearce Portrait
Teresa Pearce
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Erith and Thamesmead
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Vice Chair
Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Mulholland Portrait
Greg Mulholland
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Leeds North West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Valerie Vaz MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 2237.

Email: valerie.vaz.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Daniel Jennings, Epilepsy Action, New Anstey House, Gateway Drive, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7XY. Tel: 0113 210 8866

Email: appg@epilepsy.org.uk

Secretariat:

Epilepsy Action acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/appg

Date
12 Feb 2022
Source
Epilepsy Action
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2022 To : 11/02/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2021
Source
Epilepsy Action
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2021 To : 11/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2020
Source
Epilepsy Action
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 12/02/2020 To : 11/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2020
Source
SUDEP
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 12/02/2020 To : 11/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
21 Nov 2017
Source
Epilepsy Action
Description
Secretariat   From : 21/11/2017 To : 20/11/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Jul 2016
Source
Young Epilepsy
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2016 To : 10/07/2017
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Epilepsy APPG