Music Education APPG

First Registered: 23/12/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To support parliamentarians engaging in discussions relating to music education through early years, primary, secondary, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), further and higher education, and lifelong learning. The APPG has a particular focus on curriculum, music hubs, challenges facing higher education, and progression into the creative and cultural sector.

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
Lord Black of Brentwood Portrait
Lord Black of Brentwood
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
Anna Sabine Portrait
Anna Sabine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Frome and East Somerset
Joined: 20th November 2024
20 Current APPG Members
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Baroness Fleet Portrait
Baroness Fleet
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Foster of Bath Portrait
Lord Foster of Bath
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Gambling Reform
5 APPG Memberships
Healthy Homes and Buildings , Intellectual Property , Media , Publishing , Writers
Bernard Jenkin Portrait
Bernard Jenkin
Member
Conservative - Harwich and North Essex
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Bambos Charalambous MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3460.

Email: bambos.charalambous.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Colin Stuart, Independent Society of Musicians. Tel: 020 7313 9312

Email: colin.stuart@ism.org

Secretariat:

Independent Society of Musicians acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ism.org/

Group's Website:

https://www.musiceducationappg.org/

Date
14 Jul 2022
Source
Independent Society of Musicians
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/07/2022 To : 13/07/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
14 Jul 2021
Source
Incorporated Society of Musicians
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/07/2021 To : 13/07/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
14 Jul 2020
Source
Incorporated Society of Musicians
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/07/2020 To : 13/07/2021
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Music Education APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Portrait
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Black Health , Lebanon , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Usher Syndrome

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Craft , Visual Arts and Artists

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Aberdare Portrait
Lord Aberdare
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 20th September 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Apprenticeships , Defibrillators , Opera , Responsible Business , Slovenia

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 20th September 2023
7 APPG Officer Positions
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Mexico , Publishing , Shakespeare

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 20th September 2023
Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
British Hindus

No other APPG Memberships

Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol South
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Syria

No other APPG Memberships

Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Wakefield and Rothwell
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Co-Chair
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Strasburger Portrait
Lord Strasburger
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Long Covid

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Internet, Communications and Technology

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Altmann Portrait
Baroness Altmann
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Officer Positions
Ageing and Older People , Get Refusal

No other APPG Memberships

Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ribble Valley
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brown of Silvertown Portrait
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Percy Portrait
Andrew Percy
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Brigg and Goole
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Prisk Portrait
Mark Prisk
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships