Key Cities APPG

First Registered: 29/03/2017 • Last updated on: 01/12/2025

Note: This APPG was last registered on 1st December 2025. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 12th January 2026 and may be defunct.

To work with the leaders and civic stakeholders of the Key Cities network to improve understanding of local priorities and perspectives in policy affecting urban and peri-urban populations throughout the UK.

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
Former APPG Officers
Baroness Wilcox of Newport Portrait
Baroness Wilcox of Newport
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 1st December 2025
3 APPG Officer Positions
Performing Arts Education and Training , Responsible Business , Western Gateway

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Race Portrait
Steve Race
Vice Chair
Labour - Exeter
Joined: 9th October 2024
Departed: 1st December 2025
3 APPG Officer Positions
ClimateTech , Kurds , Nutrition for Development

No other APPG Memberships

Rebecca Smith Portrait
Rebecca Smith
Co-Chair
Conservative - South West Devon
Joined: 9th October 2024
Departed: 1st December 2025
Rebecca Long Bailey Portrait
Rebecca Long Bailey
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Salford
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 1st December 2025
3 APPG Officer Positions
Outdoor Learning , State Pension Inequality for Women , Water Safety Education

No other APPG Memberships

Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Renewable and Sustainable Energy

No other APPG Memberships

John Stevenson Portrait
John Stevenson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Carlisle
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Morgan Portrait
Stephen Morgan
Vice Chair
Labour - Portsmouth South
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jane Stevenson Portrait
Jane Stevenson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Wolverhampton North East
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Imran Ahmad Khan Portrait
Imran Ahmad Khan
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Wakefield
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay Portrait
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 25th August 2021
1 APPG Officer Position
Grid Networks

No other APPG Memberships

Tracy Brabin Portrait
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Morley and Outwood
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Judith Cummins Portrait
Judith Cummins
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford South
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Emma Reynolds Portrait
Emma Reynolds
Co-Chair
Labour - Wycombe
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Conor Burns Portrait
Conor Burns
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bournemouth West
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Eaton Portrait
Baroness Eaton
Treasurer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Officer Positions
Men and Boys' Issues , Pro-Life

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Portrait
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Secretary
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

35 Current APPG Members
Lewis Atkinson Portrait
Lewis Atkinson
Member
Labour - Sunderland Central
Olivia Bailey Portrait
Olivia Bailey
Member
Labour - Reading West and Mid Berkshire
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Care-Experienced Children and Young People
Judith Cummins Portrait
Judith Cummins
Member
Labour - Bradford South
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Beer , Cyprus , Transport Safety
Baroness Eaton Portrait
Baroness Eaton
Member
Conservative - Life peer
2 APPG Officer Positions
Men and Boys' Issues , Pro-Life
2 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Sepsis
Satvir Kaur Portrait
Satvir Kaur
Member
Labour - Southampton Test
No other APPG Officer Positions
6 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Central South , International Students , South East , Visual Arts and Artists , Women in Parliament
Naushabah Khan Portrait
Naushabah Khan
Member
Labour - Gillingham and Rainham
1 APPG Officer Position
Carbon Monoxide

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Loomba Portrait
Lord Loomba
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
United Nations Global Goals
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , India
Alex McIntyre Portrait
Alex McIntyre
Member
Labour - Gloucester
2 APPG Officer Positions
Diabetes , Fairgrounds and Circuses
5 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Carers , Furniture Industry , Homelessness , Maternity
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Music
Fred Thomas Portrait
Fred Thomas
Member
Labour - Plymouth Moor View
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Defence Technology , Fair Elections , Listed Properties , Modern Conflict , Water Pollution
Michael Wheeler Portrait
Michael Wheeler
Member
Labour - Worsley and Eccles
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Beer , Boxing , Maternity
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Rebecca Long Bailey MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: rebecca.longbailey.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kasper de Graaf, Images&Co Ltd. Tel: 07785 302242

Email: kcparly@images.co.uk

Secretariat:

Images&Co Ltd acts as the group's secretariat. https://images.co.uk/

Group's Website:

https://keycities.uk/appg

Date
4 Sep 2024
Source
Images&Co Ltd
Description
Images&Co Ltd is paid by Key Cities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 04/09/2024 To : 03/09/2025
Value
£19,501
Date
4 Sep 2024
Source
Images&Co Ltd
Description
Images&Co Ltd is paid by Key Cities to act as the group's secretariat   From: 04/09/2024 To: 03/09/2025
Value
£19,501
Date
14 Jul 2023
Source
Images&Co Ltd
Description
Images&Co Ltd is paid by Key Cities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 14/07/2023 To : 13/07/2024
Value
£18,001
Date
14 Jul 2022
Source
Images&Co Ltd
Description
Images&Co Ltd is paid by Key Cities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 14/07/2022 To : 13/07/2023
Value
£16,501
Date
14 Jul 2021
Source
Images&Co Ltd
Description
Images&Co Ltd is paid by Key Cities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 14/07/2021 To : 13/07/2022
Value
£16,501
Date
14 Jul 2020
Source
Weber Shandwick
Description
Weber Shandwick is paid by Key Cities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 14/07/2020 To : 13/07/2021
Value
£16,501
Date
14 Jul 2020
Source
Images&Co Ltd
Description
Images&Co Ltd is paid by Key Cities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 14/07/2020 To : 13/07/2021
Value
£16,501
Date
23 Apr 2017
Source
Weber Shandwick
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/04/2018 To : 22/04/2019
Value
£16,501
Date
8 Feb 2017
Source
Sunderland City Council
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/02/2017 To : 07/02/2018
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Key Cities APPG