Local Growth APPG

First Registered: 03/02/2016 • Last updated on: 13/04/2026

Note: This APPG was last registered on 13th April 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th May 2026 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Local Transport APPG?

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To provide a policy forum that supports local economic growth by bringing together parliamentarians, local government representatives, business, and educational institutions.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
David Baines Portrait
David Baines
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - St Helens North
Joined: 28th March 2025
Departed: 13th April 2026
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dyslexia , Liverpool City Region

No other APPG Memberships

Lauren Edwards Portrait
Lauren Edwards
Officer
Labour - Rochester and Strood
Joined: 28th March 2025
Departed: 13th April 2026
3 APPG Officer Positions
Cricket , Financial Markets and Services , Skills, Careers and Employment

No other APPG Memberships

Martin Wrigley Portrait
Martin Wrigley
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot
Joined: 28th March 2025
Departed: 13th April 2026
3 APPG Officer Positions
Quantum Technologies , Responsible Business , UK Innovation Startups and SMEs

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Harding of Winscombe Portrait
Baroness Harding of Winscombe
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th March 2025
Departed: 13th April 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions

No other APPG Memberships

Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hampshire
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Shipley Portrait
Lord Shipley
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jon Cruddas Portrait
Jon Cruddas
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Dagenham and Rainham
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris White Portrait
Chris White
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Aldous Portrait
Peter Aldous
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Waveney
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 29th March 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

David Baines MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: david.baines.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Archie Ratcliffe, Local Government Association. Tel: 020 3838 4868

Email: archie.ratcliffe@local.gov.uk

Secretariat:

Local Government Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.local.gov.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
17 Dec 2024
Source
Local Government Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/12/2024 To : 16/12/2025
Value
£15,001
Date
17 Dec 2024
Source
Local Government Association
Description
Secretariat   From: 17/12/2024 To: 16/12/2025
Value
£15,001
Date
9 Dec 2015
Source
Westminster City Council
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/12/2015 To : 09/12/2016
Value
£7,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Local Growth APPG