Post Offices APPG

First Registered: 10/10/2018 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To raise awareness of the important economic and social contribution post offices and post masters make; to ensure their position as a vital public service; and to provide input into the areas of public policy which affect the post office.

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6 Current APPG Officers
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Portrait
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Lord Hunt of Wirral Portrait
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Marion Fellows MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5784.

Email: marion.fellows.mp@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Post Offices APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Post Offices APPG

Former APPG Officers
Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
Kevan Jones Portrait
Kevan Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - North Durham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
Lord Hain Portrait
Lord Hain
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 17th May 2023
4 APPG Memberships
Formula One , Motorsport , South Africa , Zimbabwe
Patricia Gibson Portrait
Patricia Gibson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - North Ayrshire and Arran
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 1st July 2020
Hugh Gaffney Portrait
Hugh Gaffney
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Wollaston Portrait
Sarah Wollaston
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Totnes
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships