Dance 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 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

Share

To promote dance as an art form and physical activity amongst Parliamentarians and policy makers and the unique and important role it has to play in education, health and wellbeing, community cohesion, social mobility and diversity. To support and build resilience for the sector and its workforce for the long term, including in particular for freelancers and independent artists.

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.
View Official Register Entry
Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Officers
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie Portrait
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Dying Well

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
7 APPG Officer Positions
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Mexico , Publishing , Shakespeare

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hooper Portrait
Baroness Hooper
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
9 APPG Officer Positions
CAFOD , Education , Egypt , Haiti , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Latin America , Mexico , Portugal , Spain

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Taylor of Warwick Portrait
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Flooding and Flooded Communities , Food and Drink , Motor , Nordic Countries , Racing and Bloodstock , Water

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Abena Oppong-Asare Portrait
Abena Oppong-Asare
Secretary
Labour - Erith and Thamesmead
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Scunthorpe
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Bingham Portrait
Andrew Bingham
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gerald Kaufman Portrait
Gerald Kaufman
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Manchester, Gorton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Angela Watkinson Portrait
Angela Watkinson
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Hornchurch and Upminster
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Co Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Daventry
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Luke Pollard MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Andrew Hurst, One Dance UK, Dance Hub, Thorp Street, Birmingham B5 4TB. Tel: 020 7713 0730

Email: andrew.hurst@onedanceuk.org

Secretariat:

One Dance UK acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.onedanceuk.org/

Group's Website:

http://www.onedanceuk.org/programme/advocacy/all-party-parliamentary-dance-group/

Benefits in Kind
Date
5 Feb 2024
Source
One Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2024 To : 04/02/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
One Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Feb 2021
Source
One Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2021 To : 04/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Feb 2020
Source
One Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
One Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
One Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Apr 2016
Source
One Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/04/2016 To : 30/10/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
30 Jun 2015
Source
Dance UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 30/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Dance APPG