Rural Services APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To promote a debate on the provision of rural services and to issue periodic reports.

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
Caroline Voaden Portrait
Caroline Voaden
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - South Devon
Joined: 18th June 2025
1 Current APPG Members
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sarah Dyke MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 3545 2414.

Email: sarah.dyke.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kerry Booth, Rural Services Network. Tel: 01822 851 370

Email: kerry.booth@sparse.gov.uk

Secretariat:

Rural Services Network acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/category/appg

Date
10 Sep 2024
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/09/2024 To : 09/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
28 Jan 2024
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2022
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2021
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
7 Sep 2018
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 07/09/2018 To : 06/09/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2018
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Rural Services APPG

Former APPG Officers
Joe Morris Portrait
Joe Morris
Treasurer
Labour - Hexham
Joined: 9th October 2024
Departed: 7th May 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Crathorne Portrait
Lord Crathorne
Treasurer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Arts and Heritage , Jazz

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Cameron of Dillington Portrait
Lord Cameron of Dillington
Secretary
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dairy , Deep Geothermal

No other APPG Memberships

Rosie Duffield Portrait
Rosie Duffield
Vice Chair
Independent - Canterbury
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Birth Trauma , Dog Advisory Welfare , Tigray , Women's Rights

No other APPG Memberships

Derek Thomas Portrait
Derek Thomas
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for St Ives
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Carrington Portrait
Lord Carrington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Selaine Saxby Portrait
Selaine Saxby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Devon
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Helen Morgan Portrait
Helen Morgan
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Digital Communities , Flooding and Flooded Communities , Spinal Cord Injury , UK Food Security

No other APPG Memberships

Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ludlow
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julie Marson Portrait
Julie Marson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Loder Portrait
Chris Loder
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for West Dorset
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Cornwall
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Byford Portrait
Baroness Byford
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ruth George Portrait
Ruth George
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Drew Portrait
David Drew
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Deputy Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Taunton Deane
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Ludlow
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Maclean of Redditch Portrait
Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Vice Chair
Conservative - Louth and Horncastle
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 31st January 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bury St Edmunds
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 31st January 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Hoare Portrait
Simon Hoare
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
6 APPG Officer Positions
Council Tax Reform , Dairy , Local Government , Menopause , Multiple Sclerosis , Theatre

No other APPG Memberships

Helen Goodman Portrait
Helen Goodman
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Bishop Auckland
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Wyre
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
4 APPG Officer Positions
Christianity in the Holy Land , Funerals and Bereavement , Parkrun , West Coast Main Line

No other APPG Memberships

Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Beverley and Holderness
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
4 APPG Officer Positions
British Buses , Hydrogen , Indonesia , Mexico

No other APPG Memberships

Neil Parish Portrait
Neil Parish
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Tiverton and Honiton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships