Opera APPG

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

To provide a focal point for MPs and peers with an interest in opera; to further the appreciation of opera for all ages; and to provide a link between this art form and parliament.

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
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:

Janet Gibson

Email: gibsonj@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Opera APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Opera APPG

Former APPG Officers
Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Whitaker Portrait
Baroness Whitaker
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Speech and Language Difficulties

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Keeley Portrait
Baroness Keeley
Secretary
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
Jane Stevenson Portrait
Jane Stevenson
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Wolverhampton North East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Bernard Jenkin Portrait
Bernard Jenkin
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harwich and North Essex
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Patient Safety

No other APPG Memberships

John Nicolson Portrait
John Nicolson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Ochil and South Perthshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Young of Norwood Green Portrait
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
T-Levels

No other APPG Memberships

Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Secretary
Labour - Liverpool Walton
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Secretary
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Trimble Portrait
Lord Trimble
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 22nd July 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nicholas Brown Portrait
Nicholas Brown
Joint Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kelvin Hopkins Portrait
Kelvin Hopkins
Treasurer
Independent - Former Member for Luton North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 18th July 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gerald Kaufman Portrait
Gerald Kaufman
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Manchester, Gorton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships