To campaign for the re-opening of the Leamside Line in full, which would provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits for the North-East of England and positively impact the East Coast Main Line ensuring an uplift in capacity.
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
4 Current APPG Officers
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Sharon Hodgson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 28th June 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
43 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beauty and Wellbeing , 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 , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
43 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beauty and Wellbeing , 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 , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
3 APPG Officer Positions
City Regions Transport , East Midlands , Local Markets
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Infrastructure
City Regions Transport , East Midlands , Local Markets
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Infrastructure
2 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , North East
5 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Environment , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Grid Networks , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services
Child of the North , North East
5 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Environment , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Grid Networks , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services
1 APPG Officer Position
Hadrian's Wall
6 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Defence Technology , Heritage Rail , Israel , North East , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Hadrian's Wall
6 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Defence Technology , Heritage Rail , Israel , North East , 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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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
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
Fire Safety and Rescue , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , Obesity , Parkinson's , Responsible Vaping
Fire Safety and Rescue , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , Obesity , Parkinson's , Responsible Vaping
No other APPG Memberships
3 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health
Charities and Volunteering , 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
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
2 APPG Officer Positions
Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
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
Lord Shipley
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships