Defibrillators APPG

First Registered: 11/01/2023 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To provide a forum for parliamentary discussion on the issues surrounding sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) defibrillators and resuscitation, whilst providing evidence-based solutions to improve the survival rates of SCA.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Gavin Williamson Portrait
Gavin Williamson
Officer
Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Connor Rand Portrait
Connor Rand
Officer
Labour - Altrincham and Sale West
Joined: 2nd January 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Customer Service , Parents
2 APPG Memberships
Infrastructure , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
23 Current APPG Members
Scott Arthur Portrait
Scott Arthur
Member
Labour - Edinburgh South West
Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait
Lord Campbell-Savours
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Mutuals
Lord Colgrain Portrait
Lord Colgrain
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
1 APPG Officer Position
Forestry and Timber Security
3 APPG Memberships
India , Listed Properties , Mutuals
Lord Fink Portrait
Lord Fink
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Less Survivable Cancers
Blair McDougall Portrait
Blair McDougall
Member
Labour - East Renfrewshire
2 APPG Officer Positions
Hong Kong , Uyghurs
3 APPG Memberships
Belarus , Taiwan , United Nations Global Goals
Lord Polak Portrait
Lord Polak
Member
Conservative - Life peer
3 APPG Officer Positions
Abraham Accords , Brain Tumours , War Crimes
1 APPG Membership
Israel
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Member
Conservative - Beverley and Holderness
Lord Tope Portrait
Lord Tope
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Lord Weir of Ballyholme Portrait
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Member
Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Carers , Christians in Parliament , Dementia
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Steve Darling MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: steve.darling.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Tamsin Melville, DGA Group. Tel: 07948 834 088

Email: appgdefibrillator@dgagroup.com

Secretariat:

DGA Group acts as the group's secretariat. https://dgagroup.com/

Group's Website:

https://defibrillatorappg.wordpress.com/

Date
29 Oct 2024
Source
DGA Group
Description
DGA Group is paid by the following to act as the APPG's secretariat: Resuscitation Council UK, AED Donate, Defib Plus   From : 29/10/2024 To : 28/10/2025
Value
£16,501
Date
29 Oct 2024
Source
DGA Group
Description
DGA Group is paid by the following to act as the APPG's secretariat: Resuscitation Council UK, Defib Plus, AED Donate, Stryker   From : 29/10/2024 To : 28/10/2025
Value
£18,001
Date
12 Dec 2022
Source
Dentons Global Advisors
Description
Dentons Global Advisors is paid by Rapid Response Revival to act as the group's secretariat   From : 12/12/2022 To : 11/12/2023
Value
£49,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Defibrillators APPG

Former APPG Officers
Jonathan Gullis Portrait
Jonathan Gullis
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Wimbledon
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Flick Drummond Portrait
Flick Drummond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sara Britcliffe Portrait
Sara Britcliffe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships