Media Freedom APPG

First Registered: 31/07/2019 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To promote media freedom in countries around the world and to strengthen the protection of journalists.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 19th October 2022
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Portrait
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 20th November 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Aviation , Commonwealth , Faith and Society
Lord Black of Brentwood Portrait
Lord Black of Brentwood
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Joe Powell Portrait
Joe Powell
Officer
Labour - Kensington and Bayswater
Joined: 20th November 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir John Whittingdale MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3557.

Email: john.whittingdale.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Felicity Garvey, Reporters Without Borders UK. Tel: 07493 630650

Email: fgarvey@rsf.org

Secretariat:

Reporters Without Borders UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://rsf.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Media Freedom APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Media Freedom APPG

Former APPG Officers
Wayne David Portrait
Wayne David
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Caerphilly
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Joanna Cherry Portrait
Joanna Cherry
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh South West
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Theo Clarke Portrait
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Ageing and Older People , Croatia , Spain

No other APPG Memberships

Roger Gale Portrait
Roger Gale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Wigley Portrait
Lord Wigley
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Chess

No other APPG Memberships

James Gray Portrait
James Gray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Wiltshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
Damian Collins Portrait
Damian Collins
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Folkestone and Hythe
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 7th September 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Armenia , Intellectual Property , Lithuania , Ukraine , Writers

No other APPG Memberships

Christian Matheson Portrait
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Colville of Culross Portrait
Viscount Colville of Culross
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeremy Hunt Portrait
Jeremy Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Godalming and Ash
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 7th August 2020
2 APPG Officer Positions
Emergency Care , Patient Safety

No other APPG Memberships

John Grogan Portrait
John Grogan
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships