Football APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To hold meetings for parliamentarians about football issues and raise matters of importance with the football authorities.

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
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8 Current APPG Officers
Baroness Taylor of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Sara Britcliffe Portrait
Sara Britcliffe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hyndburn
Joined: 17th May 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Clive Betts MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5114.

Email: officeofclivebettsmp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Lexington Communications , 198 High Holborn, London WC1V 7BD. Tel: 020 7025 2300

Email: FA@lexcomm.co.uk

Secretariat:

Lexington Communications acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.lexcomm.co.uk/

Date
28 Feb 2023
Source
Lexington Communications
Description
Lexington Communications is paid by The Football Association to act as the group's secretariat   From : 28/02/2023 To : 27/02/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
28 Feb 2022
Source
Lexington
Description
Lexington is paid by The Football Association to act as the group's secretariat   From : 28/02/2022 To : 27/02/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
28 Feb 2022
Source
Lexington Communications
Description
Lexington Communications is paid by The Football Association to act as the group's secretariat   From : 28/02/2022 To : 27/02/2023
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Football APPG

Former APPG Officers
Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Vice Chair
Labour - Wirral South
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Membership
War Crimes
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dudley South
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Louise Haigh Portrait
Louise Haigh
Vice Chair
Labour - Sheffield, Heeley
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
1 APPG Membership
Antisemitism
Ben Bradley Portrait
Ben Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mansfield
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Treasurer
Labour - Edinburgh South
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 27th January 2021
Dehenna Davison Portrait
Dehenna Davison
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bishop Auckland
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
2 APPG Memberships
One Punch Assaults , Wrestling
Mark Eastwood Portrait
Mark Eastwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dewsbury
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
Brendan Clarke-Smith Portrait
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bassetlaw
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
Stephen Hepburn Portrait
Stephen Hepburn
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Jarrow
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Hendrick Portrait
Mark Hendrick
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Preston
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Vice Chair
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Field Portrait
Mark Field
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Cities of London and Westminster
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Treasurer
Conservative - Daventry
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships