Parks and Green Spaces APPG

First Registered: 04/11/2020 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To address the most urgent issues affecting our parks and green spaces, including but not limited to funding, skills, equality of access and provision, climate change, biodiversity and the impact they have on the nation’s health and wellbeing.

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 Blencathra Portrait
Lord Blencathra
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Obesity , Ocean , Science and Technology in Agriculture , Taiwan
46 Current APPG Members
Nesil Caliskan Portrait
Nesil Caliskan
Member
Labour - Barking
2 APPG Officer Positions
Interfaith Dialogue , Turkey
5 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Cyprus , London , Micromobility , Tidy Britain
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Member
Conservative - South Suffolk
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Fair Banking , Listed Properties , Tidy Britain
Sarah Coombes Portrait
Sarah Coombes
Member
Labour - West Bromwich
No other APPG Officer Positions
6 APPG Memberships
Bus and Coach , Freight and Logistics , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Music , Tidy Britain , Transport Safety
Josh Dean Portrait
Josh Dean
Member
Labour - Hertford and Stortford
Amanda Martin Portrait
Amanda Martin
Member
Labour - Portsmouth North
Layla Moran Portrait
Layla Moran
Member
Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon
No other APPG Officer Positions
10 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Cats , Cyprus , Environment , Homelessness , Humanist , Immigration Detention , Marine Energy , Music , Tennis
Alistair Strathern Portrait
Alistair Strathern
Member
Labour - Hitchin
Rachel Taylor Portrait
Rachel Taylor
Member
Labour - North Warwickshire and Bedworth
Matt Vickers Portrait
Matt Vickers
Member
Conservative - Stockton West
Paul Waugh Portrait
Paul Waugh
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Rochdale
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Long Covid , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Tidy Britain
James Wild Portrait
James Wild
Member
Conservative - North West Norfolk
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Member
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Afzal Khan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3570.

Email: afzal.khan.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Henry Bettley, Keep Britain Tidy. Tel: 01942 612 655

Email: henry.bettley@keepbritaintidy.org

Secretariat:

Keep Britain Tidy acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.keepbritaintidy.org

Group's Website:

https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/about/all-party-parliamentary-group-parks-and-green-spaces

Date
4 Dec 2024
Source
Keep Britain Tidy
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/12/2024 To : 03/12/2025
Value
£4,501
Date
22 Sep 2023
Source
Keep Britain Tidy
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/09/2023 To : 21/09/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
22 Sep 2022
Source
Keep Britain Tidy
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/09/2022 To : 21/09/2023
Value
£6,001
Date
22 Sep 2021
Source
Keep Britain Tidy
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/10/2021 To : 21/10/2022
Value
£6,001
Date
22 Sep 2021
Source
Keep Britain Tidy
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/09/2021 To : 21/09/2022
Value
£6,001
Date
22 Sep 2020
Source
Keep Britain Tidy
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/10/2020 To : 21/10/2021
Value
£6,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Parks and Green Spaces APPG

Former APPG Officers
Theresa Villiers Portrait
Theresa Villiers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chipping Barnet
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Blaydon and Consett
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention

No other APPG Memberships

John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Vice Chair
Labour - Putney
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Vice Chair
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Canada , Electric Vehicle , International Students , Motor , Semiconductors , Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
Rosie Duffield Portrait
Rosie Duffield
Vice Chair
Independent - Canterbury
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Dog Advisory Welfare

No other APPG Memberships

Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Vice Chair
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Holy See , Motor Neurone Disease

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Leadbeater Portrait
Kim Leadbeater
Vice Chair
Labour - Spen Valley
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Craft , Visual Arts and Artists

No other APPG Memberships

Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Nottingham South
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships