Mental Health APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • 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 Women's Health APPG?

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To inform parliamentarians about all aspects of mental health.

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
Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock Portrait
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Health , Intensive Care
Dean Russell Portrait
Dean Russell
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Watford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Artificial Intelligence , Film and Broader Screen
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Co-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
7 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Childhood Trauma , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Flood Prevention , Intensive Care
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Childhood Trauma , Community Energy , Eating Disorders , Environment , Key Cities , Music Education , Net Zero , Tidy Britain
Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Officer
Labour - Manchester, Withington
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
BBC , Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis , Drug Policy Reform , Media , Night Time Economy
Baroness Tyler of Enfield Portrait
Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Children
Baroness Hollins Portrait
Baroness Hollins
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Autism , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Down Syndrome , Holy See
Paulette Hamilton Portrait
Paulette Hamilton
Officer
Labour - Birmingham, Erdington
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Local Government , Thalassaemia
Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Officer
Labour - Blaydon
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
10 APPG Memberships
Acquired Brain Injury , Carbon Monoxide , Child Contact Centres and Services , Deafness , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Muscular Dystrophy , Respiratory Health , Sleep , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Water
Lord Davies of Brixton Portrait
Lord Davies of Brixton
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services
Rehman Chishti Portrait
Rehman Chishti
Officer
Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Colleen Fletcher Portrait
Colleen Fletcher
Officer
Labour - Coventry North East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Road Passenger Transport - Recovery and Renewal , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
Baroness Meacher Portrait
Baroness Meacher
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Drug Policy Reform
Munira Wilson Portrait
Munira Wilson
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Twickenham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Airport Communities , Childhood Trauma , Kinship Care , London , School Food
Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Community Energy
Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Officer
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Council Housing , Electric Vehicles , Pubs , Small and Micro Business , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders
Neil Coyle Portrait
Neil Coyle
Officer
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Housing and Care for Older People
Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Ticket Abuse
None Portrait
The Earl of Listowel
Vice Chair
 Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Marco Longhi Portrait
Marco Longhi
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dudley North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Brazil
Ben Spencer Portrait
Ben Spencer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Runnymede and Weybridge
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Finland
Virginia Crosbie Portrait
Virginia Crosbie
Vice Chair
Conservative - Ynys Môn
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
1 APPG Membership
Small Modular Reactors
Johnny Mercer Portrait
Johnny Mercer
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Luciana Berger Portrait
Luciana Berger
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Liverpool, Wavertree
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester, Gorton
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
8 APPG Memberships
Curry Industry , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Islamic and Ethical Finance , Libya , Morocco , Muslim Women , Parks and Green Spaces , Uyghurs
Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Vice Chair
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
7 APPG Memberships
Arts and Heritage , Dark Skies , Data Analytics , Diagnostics , East of England , Life Sciences , University
Ivan Lewis Portrait
Ivan Lewis
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Bury South
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Vice Chair
Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Brake Portrait
Tom Brake
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Carshalton and Wallington
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Damien Moore Portrait
Damien Moore
Vice Chair
Conservative - Southport
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
1 APPG Membership
Financial Resilience
Laura Pidcock Portrait
Laura Pidcock
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for North West Durham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Gloria De Piero Portrait
Gloria De Piero
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ashfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Oliver Colvile Portrait
Oliver Colvile
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Colne Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
6 APPG Memberships
Fairtrade , ITV , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parkinson's , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
James Morris Portrait
James Morris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
4 APPG Memberships
Cyber Security and Business Resilience , Modernising Employment , Shakespeare , Waterways
Lord Alderdice Portrait
Lord Alderdice
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
1 APPG Membership
Islamic and Ethical Finance
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dean Russell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.

Email: dean.russell.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Peter Hand, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB

Email: peter.hand@rcpsych.ac.uk

Secretariat:

The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Rethink Mental Illness jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/ and https://www.rethink.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£6,001
Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£6,001
Date
5 Feb 2022
Source
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2022 To : 04/02/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
5 Feb 2022
Source
Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2022 To : 04/02/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
12 Jul 2018
Source
Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Jul 2018
Source
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Mental Health APPG