Music APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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To provide a discussion forum between the music industry and parliamentarians.

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
Kevin Brennan Portrait
Kevin Brennan
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Cardiff West
Joined: 30th July 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Spain , Ticket Abuse
Pete Wishart Portrait
Pete Wishart
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Perth and North Perthshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
4 APPG Memberships
Air Ambulances , Beer , Intellectual Property , Ticket Abuse
Dehenna Davison Portrait
Dehenna Davison
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bishop Auckland
Joined: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 18th July 2018
22 APPG Memberships
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sweden , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Kevin Brennan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8156.

Email: brennank@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Tom Kiehl , UK Music, Work.Life Fitzrovia, 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL

Email: tom.kiehl@ukmusic.org

Secretariat:

UK Music acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.ukmusic.org/

Group's Website:

http://allpartymusicgroup.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
18 Apr 2023
Source
UK Music
Description
Event
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2023
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2023 To : 10/02/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2022
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2022 To : 10/02/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2021
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2021 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2020
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2020 To : 10/02/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2019
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2019 To : 03/07/2020
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 04/07/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 03/07/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
13 Dec 2016
Source
UK Music
Description
Lunch held on 13 December 2016
Value
£1,501
Date
23 Mar 2016
Source
UK Music
Description
Event held on 23 March 2016
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Oct 2015
Source
UK Music
Description
Event held on 12 October 2015
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Oct 2015
Source
BPI
Description
Event held on 12 October 2015
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
UK Music
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Music APPG

Former APPG Officers
David Morris Portrait
David Morris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Membership
Isle of Man (Manx)
Greg Knight Portrait
Greg Knight
Co-Chair
Conservative - East Yorkshire
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Folk Arts , Historic Vehicles , Jazz , Spain
Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Secretary
Independent - St Helens North
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Neath
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
7 APPG Memberships
Alternative Dispute Resolution , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing , Flood Prevention , Haiti , River Thames , Sport , UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 24th January 2024
25 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Ribble Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Membership
Wine and Spirits
Rupa Huq Portrait
Rupa Huq
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
9 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Bangladesh , Burma , Children , Environmental, Social, and Governance , Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Professionals , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing , Rohingya , Single Parent Families
Jack Lopresti Portrait
Jack Lopresti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability
Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies , Snooker , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Theatre , Tibet
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Co-Chair
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
10 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Leamside Line , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester, Withington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
5 APPG Memberships
BBC , Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis , Drug Policy Reform , Media , Night Time Economy
Lord Tyrie Portrait
Lord Tyrie
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Membership
Extraordinary Rendition
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall South
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Children in Police Custody , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Publishing
Lord Watts Portrait
Lord Watts
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Membership
Film and Broader Screen
Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Motorcycling , Northern Ireland
Mark Eastwood Portrait
Mark Eastwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dewsbury
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Furniture Industry , Responsible Vaping
Lord Clement-Jones Portrait
Lord Clement-Jones
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 24th January 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Artificial Intelligence , China , Data Analytics , Digital Inclusion , Future of Work , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology , Writers
Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Craft , Visual Arts , Writers
Anna McMorrin Portrait
Anna McMorrin
Vice Chair
Labour - Cardiff North
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Net Zero , Performing Arts Education and Training
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
1 APPG Membership
Coalfield Communities
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham West and Penge
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Jones of Cheltenham Portrait
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Baynes Portrait
Simon Baynes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Clwyd South
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 15th June 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Performing Arts Education and Training , Waterways , Woods and Trees
David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Dawn Butler Portrait
Dawn Butler
Vice Chair
Labour - Brent Central
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 4th May 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Artificial Intelligence , Dominica , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Christian Matheson Portrait
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Treasurer
Conservative - Morley and Outwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
1 APPG Membership
Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Treasurer
Conservative - Morley and Outwood
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
1 APPG Membership
Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
James Frith Portrait
James Frith
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall South
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Children in Police Custody , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Publishing
Luciana Berger Portrait
Luciana Berger
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Liverpool, Wavertree
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Treasurer
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
2 APPG Memberships
Death Penalty , Georgia
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Selby and Ainsty
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Bingham Portrait
Andrew Bingham
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Michelle Thomson Portrait
Michelle Thomson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Edinburgh West
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships