Rugby League APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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To support the sport of rugby league football.

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 APPG Officers
Judith Cummins Portrait
Judith Cummins
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bradford South
Joined: 28th September 2017
3 APPG Memberships
Antigua and Barbuda , Osteoporosis and Bone Health , Vietnam
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Secretary
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 29th March 2017
1 APPG Membership
West Coast Main Line
Keir Mather Portrait
Keir Mather
Treasurer
Labour - Selby and Ainsty
Joined: 8th April 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Louie French Portrait
Louie French
Vice Chair
Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup
Joined: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Judith Cummins MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8607.

Email: judith.cummins.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Richard Yates, Rugby Football League. Tel: 07738 617 723

Email: Richard.yates@rfl.co.uk

Secretariat:

Rugby Football League acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.rugby-league.com/

Benefits in Kind
Date
28 Jan 2024
Source
Rugby Football League
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
Rugby Football League
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
28 Jan 2022
Source
Rugby Football League
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Jul 2016
Source
MR Group
Description
MR Group is part funded by Rugby Football League to act as secretariat to the APPG   From : 05/07/2016 To : 04/07/2017
Value
£24,001
Date
2 Jun 2015
Source
Mark Ramsdale Ltd
Description
Mark Ramsdale Ltd is part funded by Rugby Football League to act as secretariat to the APPG   From : 02/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£18,001
Financial Benefits Received
Date
14 Jun 2019
Source
RFL
Value
£9,000
Date
14 Jun 2019
Source
RFL
Value
£3,600
Date
24 Dec 2018
Source
RFL
Value
£4,500
Date
5 Sep 2018
Source
RFL
Value
£8,100
Date
4 Jul 2018
Source
RFL
Value
£4,500
Date
3 May 2018
Source
RFL
Value
£4,500
Date
7 Mar 2018
Source
RFL
Value
£4,500
Date
5 Jan 2018
Source
Kingstone Press
Value
£3,360
Date
11 Oct 2017
Source
RFL
Value
£4,500
Date
25 Sep 2017
Source
RFL
Value
£3,600
Date
22 Aug 2016
Source
Rugby Football League
Value
£3,600
Date
25 Jul 2016
Source
Rugby Football League
Value
£8,100
Date
22 May 2015
Source
Rugby Football League
Value
£3,600
Date
20 Mar 2015
Source
RSA Oakwood Insurance
Value
£6,000
Former APPG Officers
Debbie Abrahams Portrait
Debbie Abrahams
Vice Chair
Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
Baroness Blake of Leeds Portrait
Baroness Blake of Leeds
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Infrastructure , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Catherine West Portrait
Catherine West
Vice Chair
Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Global Tuberculosis , Hazaras , London , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Norfolk Island , North Korea , Swimming , Woods and Trees
Mark Pawsey Portrait
Mark Pawsey
Vice Chair
Conservative - Rugby
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Manufacturing , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Rugby Union Football Club
Nick Smith Portrait
Nick Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaenau Gwent
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Debt and Personal Finance , Film and Broader Screen , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Parkrun , Snooker
James Grundy Portrait
James Grundy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Leigh
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Coalfield Communities , Heritage and Regeneration
Andy Carter Portrait
Andy Carter
Vice Chair
Conservative - Warrington South
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Commercial Radio , Media , School Exclusions and Alternative Provision
Kim Leadbeater Portrait
Kim Leadbeater
Vice Chair
Labour - Batley and Spen
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Political Literacy , Social Integration , Sport , Tidy Britain , UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Colne Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Fairtrade , ITV , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parkinson's , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Lord Mann Portrait
Lord Mann
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Antisemitism , Jazz
Charlotte Nichols Portrait
Charlotte Nichols
Treasurer
Labour - Warrington North
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Multiple Sclerosis , Pubs , Video Games and Esports , Wine and Spirits
Lindsay Hoyle Portrait
Lindsay Hoyle
President
Speaker - Chorley
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Amesbury Portrait
Mike Amesbury
Vice Chair
Labour - Weaver Vale
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Lower Carbon Construction Vehicles , Small and Micro Business
Yvonne Fovargue Portrait
Yvonne Fovargue
Vice Chair
Labour - Makerfield
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 23rd March 2022
5 APPG Memberships
Consumer Protection , Credit Unions , Debt and Personal Finance , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Respiratory Health
Scott Benton Portrait
Scott Benton
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Blackpool South
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Caine Portrait
Lord Caine
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Jessica Morden Portrait
Jessica Morden
Vice Chair
Labour - Newport East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
4 APPG Memberships
Armenia , Georgia , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Western Gateway
Chris Green Portrait
Chris Green
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bolton West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
4 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Life Sciences , Local Government , Small Modular Reactors
Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait
Tonia Antoniazzi
Vice Chair
Labour - Gower
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
7 APPG Memberships
Beer , Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Financial Resilience , Modern Languages , Tennis , Timber Industries
Lord Hoyle Portrait
Lord Hoyle
Joint President
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Lord Smith of Leigh
Treasurer
 Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Thomas of Gresford Portrait
Lord Thomas of Gresford
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Tracy Brabin Portrait
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Paula Sherriff Portrait
Paula Sherriff
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Imran Ahmad Khan Portrait
Imran Ahmad Khan
Vice-Chair
Independent - Former Member for Wakefield
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lindsay Hoyle Portrait
Lindsay Hoyle
Vice-Chair
Speaker - Chorley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Memberships
David Mowat Portrait
David Mowat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Warrington South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Mulholland Portrait
Greg Mulholland
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Leeds North West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Secretary
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 15th February 2017
1 APPG Membership
West Coast Main Line