Archaeology APPG
First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 29/06/2026
Note: This APPG was last registered on 29th June 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 1st September 2026 and may be defunct.
To further an understanding of archaeology in Parliament and promote archaeology and archaeological education.
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Former APPG Officers
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Simon Opher
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Stroud
Joined: 7th May 2025Departed: 29th June 2026
Beyond Pills , Creative Health , Health , House of Lords Reform , Net Zero
No other APPG Memberships
Rachael Maskell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 29th June 2026
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Child of the North , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well
No other APPG Memberships
Defibrillators , Freelancers , Industrialised Construction , UK-Ukraine One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Redesdale
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 29th June 2026
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Loughton
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Crathorne
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Stunell
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord McColl of Dulwich
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz
Treasurer
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Peter Bottomley
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 22nd July 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 25th August 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz
Treasurer
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Flynn
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Memberships
1 Current APPG Members
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Beyond Pills , Creative Health , Health , House of Lords Reform , Net Zero
13 APPG Memberships
Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Carbon Monoxide , Climate Change , Environment , Fair Elections , Healthy Places , Maternity , Music , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Pharmacy , Tidy Britain , Woods and Trees
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Dr Simon Opher MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 02072 197116.
Email: [email protected]
Public Enquiry Point:
Dr Mike Heyworth, Heyworth Heritage
Email: [email protected]
Secretariat:
Heyworth Heritage acts as the group's secretariat. http://heyworthheritage.com/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide4 Feb 2024
The Archaeology Forum
Secretariat From : 04/02/2024 To : 03/02/2025
£1,501
4 Feb 2023
The Archaeology Forum
Secretariat From : 04/02/2023 To : 03/02/2024
£3,001
4 Feb 2022
The Archaeology Forum
Secretariat From : 04/02/2022 To : 03/02/2023
£3,001
4 Feb 2021
The Archaeology Forum
Secretariat From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
£3,001
4 Feb 2020
The Archaeology Forum
Secretariat From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
£3,001
11 Jul 2018
Council for British Archaeology
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
£1,501
11 Jul 2017
Council for British Archaeology
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
£1,501
9 Jun 2015
Council for British Archaeology
Secretariat From : 09/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Archaeology APPG