To promote and provide a forum for the discussion of issues relating to the sale and resale of tickets, for events, with a particular focus on devising solutions to the problem of ticket touting.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Sharon Hodgson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Pete Wishart
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Perth and North Perthshire
Joined: 21st November 2018Contact Details
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Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5160.
Email: sharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk
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No benefits in kind are on record for the Ticket Abuse APPG
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Former APPG Officers
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Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sweden , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies , Snooker , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Theatre , Tibet
Debt and Personal Finance , Film and Broader Screen , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Parkrun , Snooker
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 13th December 2023
Hannah Bardell
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Livingston
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
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Nickie Aiken
Vice Chair
Conservative - Cities of London and Westminster
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
Lord Strasburger
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020Departed: 13th December 2023
Lord Clement-Jones
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 13th December 2023
Artificial Intelligence , China , Data Analytics , Digital Inclusion , Future of Work , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology , Writers
Stephen McPartland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Stevenage
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
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