Tamils 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.

To promote in Parliament peace with justice and dignity for Tamils in the Island of Sri Lanka and advance their development so as to recognise their legitimate socio-political aspirations.

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

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Siobhain McDonagh

Vice Chair

Labour - Mitcham and Morden

Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 6th March 2024

5 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Almshouses , Children who need Palliative Care , Hong Kong , Households in Temporary Accommodation

Bob Blackman

Vice Chair

Conservative - Harrow East

Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024

15 APPG Memberships
British Gujaratis , Cricket , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fire Safety and Rescue , Holocaust Memorial , Households in Temporary Accommodation , India (Trade and Investment) , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel , Jainism , Land Value Capture , Romania , Smoking and Health , Thrombosis , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics

Feryal Clark

Vice Chair

Labour - Enfield North

Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

3 APPG Memberships
Down Syndrome , Thalassaemia , Yazidis

Janet Daby

Vice Chair

Labour - Lewisham East

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

3 APPG Memberships
Children in Police Custody , Philanthropy and Social Investment , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia

Ed Davey

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton

Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

1 APPG Membership
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Jackie Doyle-Price

Vice Chair

Conservative - Thurrock

Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Pharmacy , Serbia

Patrick Grady

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - Glasgow North

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

7 APPG Memberships
CAFOD , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Global Education , Limits to Growth , Malawi , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , West Papua

Stephen Hammond

Vice Chair

Conservative - Wimbledon

Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Infrastructure , Thalassaemia

Lord Mann

Vice Chair

Non-affiliated - Life peer

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Antisemitism , Jazz

Elliot Colburn

Chair & Registered Contact

Conservative - Carshalton and Wallington

Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

3 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Cancer , Pharmacy

John McDonnell

Vice Chair

Labour - Hayes and Harlington

Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024

6 APPG Memberships
Airport Communities , Carers , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Land Value Capture , Parental Participation in Education , Vaccinations for All

Sarah Olney

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park

Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion

Dean Russell

Vice Chair

Conservative - Watford

Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Artificial Intelligence , Film and Broader Screen

Virendra Sharma

Vice Chair

Labour - Ealing, Southall

Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

4 APPG Memberships
British Gujaratis , Global Tuberculosis , Jainism , Population, Development and Reproductive Health

Wes Streeting

Vice Chair

Labour - Ilford North

Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024

No other APPG Memberships

Sam Tarry

Vice Chair

Labour - Ilford South

Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Night Time Economy , Rugby Union Football Club

Stephen Timms

Vice Chair

Labour - East Ham

Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

11 APPG Memberships
Broadband and Digital Communication , Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation

Theresa Villiers

Vice Chair

Conservative - Chipping Barnet

Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Cyprus , Parks and Green Spaces

Siobhain McDonagh

Vice Chair

Labour - Mitcham and Morden

Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 13th December 2023

5 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Almshouses , Children who need Palliative Care , Hong Kong , Households in Temporary Accommodation

Jackie Doyle-Price

Vice Chair

Conservative - Thurrock

Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023

2 APPG Memberships
Pharmacy , Serbia

Robert Halfon

Vice Chair

Conservative - Harlow

Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Baker

Vice Chair

Conservative - Wycombe

Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms

Vice Chair

Labour - East Ham

Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022

Bambos Charalambous

Vice Chair

Labour - Enfield, Southgate

Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021

2 APPG Memberships
Modernising Employment , Thalassaemia

Sarah Champion

Vice Chair

Labour - Rotherham

Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021

8 APPG Memberships
Battlefields and Commonwealth War Graves , Greece , Ocean , Self-Build, Custom and Community Housebuilding and Placemaking , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Vietnam , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Zoos and Aquariums