District Councils APPG

First Registered: 21/07/2016 • 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.

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To work to promote the interests of district councils, support closer working with parliamentarians and to raise awareness of the opportunities for districts in shaping the evolving local government agenda.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Portrait
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Zoos and Aquariums

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Great Yarmouth
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Luke Hall Portrait
Luke Hall
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Thornbury and Yate
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 8th April 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Rochester and Strood
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Amanda Milling Portrait
Amanda Milling
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Cannock Chase
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Amanda Milling Portrait
Amanda Milling
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Cannock Chase
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Great Yarmouth
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Philip Hollobone Portrait
Philip Hollobone
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Kettering
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Walney Portrait
Lord Walney
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS) , Small Modular Reactors

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pawsey Portrait
Mark Pawsey
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Rugby
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alberto Costa Portrait
Alberto Costa
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Leicestershire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
4 APPG Officer Positions
Greece , Italy , Microplastics , Tidy Britain

No other APPG Memberships

Graham P Jones Portrait
Graham P Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Teverson Portrait
Lord Teverson
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 10th October 2018
3 APPG Officer Positions
Georgia , South West , Sustainable Resources

No other APPG Memberships

Graham P Jones Portrait
Graham P Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Brandon Lewis MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

District Councils’ Network, 18 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ . Tel: 020 7664 3048

Email: DCN@local.gov.uk

Secretariat:

District Councils’ Network acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.districtcouncils.info/

Group's Website:

https://www.districtcouncils.info/what-we-do/appg-for-district-councils

Benefits in Kind
Date
12 Mar 2024
Source
District Councils’ Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/03/2024 To : 28/01/2025
Value
£9,001
Date
29 Jan 2024
Source
Cratus Group
Description
Cratus Group was paid by the District Councils’ Network to act as the group’s secretariat   From : 29/01/2024 To : 11/03/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
29 Jan 2023
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat   From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
Value
£10,501
Date
29 Jan 2022
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat   From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
Value
£10,501
Date
29 Jan 2021
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat   From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Value
£10,501
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is apid by District Councils' Network to act as the group's secretariat   From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
Value
£10,501
Date
6 Sep 2018
Source
Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/09/2018 To : 05/09/2019
Value
£10,501
Date
6 Sep 2017
Source
Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/09/2017 To : 05/09/2018
Value
£10,501
Date
1 Mar 2016
Source
Connect Communications
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/03/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£10,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the District Councils APPG