Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

Seeks to improve health, social care, education and employment opportunities for people with ME and encourage biomedical research into the cause and treatment of ME.

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
Tessa Munt Portrait
Tessa Munt
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Lord Offord of Garvel Portrait
Lord Offord of Garvel
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Multiple Sclerosis
25 Current APPG Members
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Member
Conservative - East Grinstead and Uckfield
Louise Jones Portrait
Louise Jones
Member
Labour - North East Derbyshire
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Classics , Defence Technology , Financial Technology , Long Covid , Women in Parliament
Baroness Scott of Needham Market Portrait
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
National Trust
2 APPG Memberships
Heritage Rail , Mutuals
Bradley Thomas Portrait
Bradley Thomas
Member
Conservative - Bromsgrove
Paul Waugh Portrait
Paul Waugh
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Rochdale
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Long Covid , Parks and Green Spaces , Tidy Britain
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Jo Platt MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: jo.platt.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Sonya Chowdhury, Action for ME

Email: policy@actionforme.org.uk

Secretariat:

Action for ME acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.actionforme.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://appgme.co.uk/

Date
14 Jan 2024
Source
Action for M.E.
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Jan 2023
Source
Action for M.E.
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Jan 2022
Source
Action for M.E.
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Action for M.E
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
The ME Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jul 2015
Source
Action for M.E
Description
Action for M.E. receives assistance from Whitehouse Consultancy to act as APPG's secretariat   From : 01/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jul 2015
Source
The ME Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) APPG

Former APPG Officers
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Metcalfe Portrait
Stephen Metcalfe
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North West
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Officer
Labour - Putney
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
Baroness Scott of Needham Market Portrait
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
National Trust

No other APPG Memberships

Hywel Williams Portrait
Hywel Williams
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Former Member for Arfon
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

James Davies Portrait
James Davies
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Vale of Clwyd
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Olivia Blake Portrait
Olivia Blake
Treasurer
Labour - Sheffield Hallam
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
4 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Local Nature Recovery , Migration , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

No other APPG Memberships

Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Secretary
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Tami Portrait
Mark Tami
Vice Chair
Labour - Alyn and Deeside
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Co-Chair
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Countess of Mar Portrait
Countess of Mar
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for North East Somerset
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships