Liverpool City Region APPG

First Registered: 10/10/2018 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

The APPG provides a forum for collaboration and debate on the issues impacting on the Liverpool City Region. The group takes evidence from stakeholders in the region, including individuals, businesses, and the third sector to produce an evidence and consensus based voice.

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
Peter Dowd Portrait
Peter Dowd
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bootle
Joined: 28th June 2023
Anneliese Midgley Portrait
Anneliese Midgley
Vice Chair
Labour - Knowsley
Joined: 20th November 2024
Lord Hunt of Wirral Portrait
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th February 2019
17 Current APPG Members
Lord Birt Portrait
Lord Birt
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Electric Vehicle
3 APPG Memberships
Housing and Care for Older People , Humanist , Nuclear Energy
Ashley Dalton Portrait
Ashley Dalton
Member
Labour - West Lancashire
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Miscarriages of Justice
Lord Heseltine Portrait
Lord Heseltine
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Member
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Matthew Patrick Portrait
Matthew Patrick
Member
Labour - Wirral West
1 APPG Officer Position
Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse
1 APPG Membership
Get Refusal
Lord Watts Portrait
Lord Watts
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
7 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Beer , Global Education , Media , Music , Writers
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Peter Dowd MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8671.

Email: peter.dowd.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Gill Morris, Devo Agency. Tel: 07976 263 869

Email: gill@devoagency.co.uk

Secretariat:

Devo Agency acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.devoagency.co.uk

Group's Website:

https://appglcr.org.uk/

Date
9 Oct 2024
Source
Liverpool University (The Heseltine Institute of Public Policy, Practice, Policy)
Description
Academic services including policy research; writing manifestos; providing summaries of recent legislation and the policy landscape affecting Liverpool City Region   From : 09/10/2024 To : 08/10/2025
Value
£4,501
Date
9 Oct 2024
Source
Inflect Partners
Description
Inflect Partners is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Edge Hill University, Liverpool Housing Providers, United Utilities, Scottish Power, Liverpool College   From : 09/10/2024 To : 08/10/2025
Value
£28,501
Date
9 Oct 2024
Source
Devo Agency
Description
Devo Agency is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Scottish Power, Liverpool City Region Housing Group, Edge Hill University, United Utilities   From : 09/10/2024 To : 08/10/2025
Value
£28,501
Date
21 Jan 2023
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Liverpool Housing Providers, the MTC, Scottish Power, and United Utilities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 21/01/2023 To : 20/01/2024
Value
£28,501
Date
21 Jan 2022
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Liverpool Housing Providers, the MTC, Scottish Power, and United Utilities to act as the group's secretariat   From : 21/01/2022 To : 20/01/2023
Value
£24,001
Date
21 Jan 2021
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Liverpool Housing Providers, Uber, the MTC, Scottish Power and Everton FC to act as the group's Secretariat.   From : 21/01/2021 To : 20/01/2022
Value
£19,501
Date
21 Jan 2020
Source
DevoConnect
Description
DevoConnect is paid by Liverpool Housing Providers, Uber and MTC to act as the group's Secretariat.   From : 21/01/2020 To : 20/01/2021
Value
£13,501
Date
10 Sep 2018
Source
DevoConnect
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/09/2018 To : 09/09/2019
Value
£15,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Liverpool City Region APPG

Former APPG Officers
Margaret Greenwood Portrait
Margaret Greenwood
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Wirral West
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mick Whitley Portrait
Mick Whitley
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Birkenhead
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Derek Twigg Portrait
Derek Twigg
Vice Chair
Labour - Widnes and Halewood
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Holy See , Motor Neurone Disease

No other APPG Memberships

Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Industrialised Construction , Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , Rugby Football League

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Amesbury Portrait
Mike Amesbury
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Runcorn and Helsby
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paula Barker Portrait
Paula Barker
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Wavertree
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Homelessness

No other APPG Memberships

George Howarth Portrait
George Howarth
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Knowsley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Nigeria , North Korea , Uyghurs , Yazidis

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Heseltine Portrait
Lord Heseltine
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hooper Portrait
Baroness Hooper
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
9 APPG Officer Positions
CAFOD , Education , Egypt , Haiti , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Latin America , Mexico , Portugal , Spain

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Birkenhead
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships