Performers' Alliance 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.

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To work alongside the unions of the Performers' Alliance - Equity, the Musicians' Union and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain - to raise issues affecting performers and writers across the arts community and to provide a forum for issues relating to arts and culture policy.

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
Claire Hanna Portrait
Claire Hanna
Chair & Registered Contact
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Belfast South
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Flexible and Family Friendly Working
John McDonnell Portrait
John McDonnell
Officer
Labour - Hayes and Harlington
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Airport Communities , Carers , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Land Value Capture , Parental Participation in Education , Vaccinations for All
Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Craft , Visual Arts , Writers
Kevin Brennan Portrait
Kevin Brennan
Officer
Labour - Cardiff West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Music , Spain , Ticket Abuse
Lord Clement-Jones Portrait
Lord Clement-Jones
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Artificial Intelligence , China , Data Analytics , Digital Inclusion , Future of Work , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology , Writers
Damian Collins Portrait
Damian Collins
Officer
Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Officer
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies , Snooker , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Theatre , Tibet
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Officer
Labour - Edinburgh South
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Football Club , Scotch Whisky
Giles Watling Portrait
Giles Watling
Officer
Conservative - Clacton
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Hospitality and Tourism , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Theatre , Writers
Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Officer
Labour - Liverpool, Riverside
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
7 APPG Memberships
Child of the North , Credit Unions , Race and Community , Showing Racism the Red Card , Somaliland , Visual Arts , Yemen
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Portrait
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Children's Media and the Arts
David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Officer
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th April 2023
2 APPG Memberships
BBC , Norfolk Island
Pete Wishart Portrait
Pete Wishart
Officer
Scottish National Party - Perth and North Perthshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st April 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Air Ambulances , Beer , Intellectual Property , Music , Ticket Abuse
Thangam Debbonaire Portrait
Thangam Debbonaire
Officer
Labour - Bristol West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Wirral South
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
3 APPG Memberships
Commercial Radio , Performing Arts Education and Training , Video Games and Esports
Tracy Brabin Portrait
Tracy Brabin
Co-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
 Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Gapes Portrait
Mike Gapes
Vice Chair
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Ilford South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
2 APPG Memberships
Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Claire Hanna MP, 1 Rushfield Avenue, Belfast, BT7 3FP. Tel: 028 9099 6066.

Public Enquiry Point:

Tom Pollard, Performers' Alliance, c/o the Musicians' Union, 60-62 Clapham Road, London SW9 OJJ. Tel: 07746 537 918

Email: performersallianceappg@outlook.com

Secretariat:

Performers' Alliance acts as the group's secretariat.

Benefits in Kind
Date
13 Jan 2023
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Performers' Alliance is funded by Equity, Musicians' Union, and Writers' Guild of Great Britain to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 13/01/2023 To : 12/01/2024
Value
£10,501
Date
13 Jan 2022
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Performers' Alliance is funded by Equity, Musicians' Union, and Writers' Guild of Great Britain to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 13/01/2022 To : 12/01/2023
Value
£13,501
Date
13 Jan 2021
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Performers' Alliance is funded by Equity, Musicians' Union, and Writers' Guild of Great Britain to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 13/01/2021 To : 12/01/2022
Value
£13,501
Date
13 Jan 2020
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Performers' Alliance is funded by Equity, Musicians' Union, and Writers' Guild of Great Britain to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 13/01/2020 To : 12/01/2021
Value
£13,501
Date
5 Jul 2018
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2018 To : 04/07/2019
Value
£12,001
Date
6 Dec 2017
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Christmas party held on 6 December 2017
Value
£3,001
Date
5 Jul 2017
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2017 To : 04/07/2018
Value
£12,001
Date
13 Dec 2016
Source
The Peformers Alliance
Description
Christmas party
Value
£6,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
The Performer's Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£12,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Performers' Alliance
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£12,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Performers' Alliance APPG