Polar Regions APPG
First Registered: 28/09/2017 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.
Informing MPs and Peers about topical issues affecting the Arctic and Antarctic.
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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Former APPG Officers
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Tim Loughton
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
3 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Genocide Prevention , Race and Community
Afrikan Reparations , Genocide Prevention , Race and Community
No other APPG Memberships
James Gray
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North Wiltshire
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Garnier
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wyre Forest
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Officer Positions
Bangladesh , Children who need Palliative Care , Citizens' Rights , Cuba , Fair Elections , Occupational Safety and Health , Single-Parent Families , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy
Bangladesh , Children who need Palliative Care , Citizens' Rights , Cuba , Fair Elections , Occupational Safety and Health , Single-Parent Families , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Theresa Villiers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chipping Barnet
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Cromwell
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Smith of Newnham
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Neville-Jones
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Jay of Paddington
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 22nd February 2023
Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 22nd February 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs , Genocide Prevention , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Yazidis
Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs , Genocide Prevention , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Yazidis
No other APPG Memberships
Matt Western
Vice Chair
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Canada , Electric Vehicle , International Students , Motor , Semiconductors , Video Games and Esports
Canada , Electric Vehicle , International Students , Motor , Semiconductors , Video Games and Esports
No other APPG Memberships
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hunt of Chesterton
Deputy Chairman
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Imran Ahmad Khan
Co-Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Wakefield
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Truscott
Co-Secretary
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hooper
Co-Treasurer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
8 APPG Officer Positions
CAFOD , Education , Egypt , Haiti , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Latin America , Portugal , Spain
CAFOD , Education , Egypt , Haiti , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Latin America , Portugal , Spain
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Greenway
Co-Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
Stephen Hepburn
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Jarrow
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Gavin Shuker
Vice Chairman
Independent - Former Member for Luton South
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Vice Chairman
Conservative - Former Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
James Gray MP,
Email: No email supplied
Public Enquiry Point:
Jamie Anderson, APPG Polar Regions, Office of James Gray MP, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6237
Email: info@appgpolarregions.uk
Group's Website:
No benefits in kind are on record for the Polar Regions APPG
Financial Benefits Received
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Date
27 Feb 2024
27 Feb 2024
Source
Cryosphere Foundation
Cryosphere Foundation
Value
£50,000
£50,000
Date
27 Oct 2023
27 Oct 2023
Source
Cryosphere foundation
Cryosphere foundation
Value
£7,350
£7,350
Date
27 Feb 2023
27 Feb 2023
Source
Cryosphere Foundation
Cryosphere Foundation
Value
£50,000
£50,000
Date
27 Jan 2022
27 Jan 2022
Source
Mamont Foundation
Mamont Foundation
Value
£50,000
£50,000
Date
19 Mar 2020
19 Mar 2020
Source
Mamont Foundation
Mamont Foundation
Value
£7,000
£7,000
Date
8 Feb 2019
8 Feb 2019
Source
Mamont Foundation
Mamont Foundation
Value
£50,000
£50,000
Date
12 Dec 2018
12 Dec 2018
Source
Royal Norwegian Embassy in London
Royal Norwegian Embassy in London
Value
£2,000
£2,000
Date
31 Oct 2018
31 Oct 2018
Source
Royal Norwegian Embassy in London
Royal Norwegian Embassy in London
Value
£1,781
£1,781
Date
2 Jul 2018
2 Jul 2018
Source
WWF UK
WWF UK
Value
£2,000
£2,000
Date
29 May 2018
29 May 2018
Source
Mamont Foundation
Mamont Foundation
Value
£10,000
£10,000
Date
6 Feb 2018
6 Feb 2018
Source
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Value
£10,000
£10,000
Date
2 Feb 2018
2 Feb 2018
Source
Mamont Foundation
Mamont Foundation
Value
£50,000
£50,000