Freeports APPG

First Registered: 21/11/2018 • Last updated on: 02/06/2021

Note: This APPG was last registered on 2nd June 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To promote freeports as a vehicle for economic growth to benefit the national and local economies.

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 APPG Officers
Martin Vickers Portrait
Martin Vickers
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Brigg and Immingham
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 2nd June 2021
6 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Poland , Rail , Steel and Metals-Related Industries

No other APPG Memberships

Douglas Chapman Portrait
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alun Cairns Portrait
Alun Cairns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

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Jack Lopresti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mick Whitley Portrait
Mick Whitley
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birkenhead
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julia Lopez Portrait
Julia Lopez
Treasurer
Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
2 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , Thames Estuary Fair Economic Growth

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Berkeley Portrait
Lord Berkeley
Secretary
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Officer Position
Rail

No other APPG Memberships

Virginia Crosbie Portrait
Virginia Crosbie
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anna Turley Portrait
Anna Turley
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Redcar
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Clarke Portrait
Simon Clarke
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
Vice Chair
Conservative - Witham
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Martin Vickers MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7212.

Email: martin.vickers.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Lianne Stephens, UK Major Ports Group, First Floor, 30 Park Street, London SE1 9EQ. Tel: 020 7260 1785

Email: Lianne.Stephens@ukmajorports.org.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Freeports APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Freeports APPG