Fairgrounds and Circuses APPG

First Registered: 17/05/2023 • 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.

To assist the industry in convening meetings with government departments who are introducing legislation to change that which already exists to the detriment of the fairgrounds and circuses industry, to that which will bring positive change.

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
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Belarus , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Serbia , Waterways

No other APPG Memberships

Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Co-Chairman
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Alison Thewliss
Vice-Chairman
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Rosindell Portrait
Andrew Rosindell
Vice-Chairman
Conservative - Romford
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
None Portrait
Scott Benton
Chair & Registered Contact
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Wild Portrait
James Wild
Vice Chair
Conservative - North West Norfolk
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dark Skies , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Parkrun , Shakespeare , Shellfish Aquaculture

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Black Health , Lebanon , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Usher Syndrome

No other APPG Memberships

Emma Lewell Portrait
Emma Lewell
Vice Chair
Labour - South Shields
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Leamside Line , North East

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Levy Portrait
Ian Levy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Blyth Valley
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Margaret Ferrier
Vice Chair
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Wendy Morton MP,

Email: No email supplied

No benefits in kind are on record for the Fairgrounds and Circuses APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Fairgrounds and Circuses APPG