To campaign for the re-opening of the Leamside Line in full, which would provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits for the whole country, particularly the North East of England. These include providing rail access to thousands more people and easing the burden on the East Coast Mainline.
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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4 Current APPG Officers
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Sharon Hodgson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 28th June 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
47 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Maternity , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Visual Arts and Artists , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
Beauty and Wellbeing , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
47 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Maternity , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Visual Arts and Artists , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
3 APPG Officer Positions
East Midlands , Local Markets , Local Transport
3 APPG Memberships
Beer , City Regions Transport , Infrastructure
East Midlands , Local Markets , Local Transport
3 APPG Memberships
Beer , City Regions Transport , Infrastructure
2 APPG Officer Positions
Grid Networks , Writers
4 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Digital Inclusion , Humanist , United Nations Global Goals
Grid Networks , Writers
4 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Digital Inclusion , Humanist , United Nations Global Goals
2 APPG Officer Positions
Hadrian's Wall , Tibet
10 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Defence Technology , Fair Elections , Get Refusal , Heritage Rail , Israel , Multiple Sclerosis , North East , Sepsis , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Hadrian's Wall , Tibet
10 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Defence Technology , Fair Elections , Get Refusal , Heritage Rail , Israel , Multiple Sclerosis , North East , Sepsis , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Contact Details
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Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5160.
Benefits in Kind
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Date
10 May 2023
10 May 2023
Source
56 Degrees North
56 Degrees North
Description
56 Degrees North is paid by Transport North East to act as the group's secretariat From : 10/05/2023 To : 09/05/2024
56 Degrees North is paid by Transport North East to act as the group's secretariat From : 10/05/2023 To : 09/05/2024
Value
£3,001
£3,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Leamside Line APPG
Former APPG Officers
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3 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , School Food , Women in Defence
Child of the North , School Food , Women in Defence
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Howell
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Levy
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Blyth Valley
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
3 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , School Food , Women in Defence
Child of the North , School Food , Women in Defence
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Mary Glindon
Officer
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
British Offshore Energy Industry , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , North East , Obesity , Responsible Vaping
British Offshore Energy Industry , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , North East , Obesity , Responsible Vaping
No other APPG Memberships
4 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Dentistry and Oral Health , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health
Charities and Volunteering , Dentistry and Oral Health , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Grid Networks , Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Grid Networks , Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Rail , Wheelchair Users , Women in Parliament , Women's Football
Rail , Wheelchair Users , Women in Parliament , Women's Football
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Shipley
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships