Coalfield Communities APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Coastal Communities APPG?
To encourage the further economic, social and cultural development of the UK's former coalfield communities, by bringing together MPs, external stakeholders and others to develop credible proposals for further coalfields regeneration.
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Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Officers
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Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
James Grundy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Leigh
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Davies-Jones
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
No other APPG Memberships
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Beth Winter
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Aaron Bell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Jonathan Gullis
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bassetlaw
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Charities and Volunteering , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health
No other APPG Memberships
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Alexander Stafford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Yvonne Fovargue
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Makerfield
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 4th May 2022
Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , Rugby Football League
No other APPG Memberships
Conor McGinn
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Alan Brown
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Gareth Snell
Secretary
Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Lee Rowley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North East Derbyshire
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Occupational Safety and Health
No other APPG Memberships
Kevin Barron
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Spencer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sherwood
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Kevin Barron
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy
No other APPG Memberships
David Anderson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Blaydon
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Huw Irranca-Davies
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ogmore
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 16th March 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Ann Clwyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 29th September 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Nigel Adams
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Selby and Ainsty
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 29th September 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 29th September 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Alex Davies-Jones MP,
Email: No email supplied
Public Enquiry Point:
Marina D’lima, Office of Alex Davies-Jones MP, House of Commons
Email: marinab.dlima@parliament.uk
Secretariat:
Industrial Communities Alliance acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.industrialcommunitiesalliance.org.uk
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide12 Feb 2024
Industrial Communities Alliance
Secretariat From : 12/02/2024 To : 11/02/2025
£1,501
12 Feb 2023
Industrial Communities Alliance
Secretariat From : 12/02/2023 To : 11/02/2024
£3,001
12 Feb 2022
Industrial Communities Alliance
Secretariat From : 12/02/2022 To : 11/02/2023
£1,501
12 Feb 2021
Industrial Communities Alliance
Secretariat From : 12/02/2021 To : 11/02/2022
£1,501
12 Feb 2020
Industrial Communities Alliance
Secretariat From : 12/02/2020 To : 11/02/2021
£1,501
12 Jul 2016
Industrial Communities Alliance
Secretariat From : 12/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Coalfield Communities APPG