Veterans APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.

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To provide a platform within Parliament to promote veterans; to secure support and understanding for the needs of veterans; to scrutinise and hold government, institutions, public sector, business and the third sector, to account to ensure that the UK is the best place in the world to be a veteran.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Sunderland Portrait
James Sunderland
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Co-Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Gray Portrait
James Gray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Wiltshire
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robin Millar Portrait
Robin Millar
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Aberconwy
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Flick Drummond Portrait
Flick Drummond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Dean Russell Portrait
Dean Russell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Watford
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Atherton Portrait
Sarah Atherton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Wrexham
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , Rugby Football League

No other APPG Memberships

Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Walton
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Arts and Heritage , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , Mexico , Poland , Racing and Bloodstock

No other APPG Memberships

Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Smith of Newnham Portrait
Baroness Smith of Newnham
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Falkland Islands , Germany

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Garden of Frognal Portrait
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Funerals and Bereavement , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Skills, Careers and Employment , T-Levels

No other APPG Memberships

Marco Longhi Portrait
Marco Longhi
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Dudley North
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Golf , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Darren Henry Portrait
Darren Henry
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Broxtowe
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Damien Moore Portrait
Damien Moore
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southport
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Goddard of Stockport Portrait
Lord Goddard of Stockport
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
8 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Cats , Fire Safety and Rescue , Greater Manchester , Greece , Local Markets , Morocco , Project Delivery

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Howell Portrait
Paul Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Selaine Saxby Portrait
Selaine Saxby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Devon
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Theo Clarke Portrait
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football Supporters , Park Homes

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Morgan Portrait
Stephen Morgan
Vice Chair
Labour - Portsmouth South
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jack Lopresti Portrait
Jack Lopresti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alicia Kearns Portrait
Alicia Kearns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Rutland and Stamford
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Women, Peace and Security

No other APPG Memberships

James Wild Portrait
James Wild
Vice Chair
Conservative - North West Norfolk
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dark Skies , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Parkrun , Shakespeare , Shellfish Aquaculture

No other APPG Memberships

Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
2 APPG Officer Positions
Scotch Whisky , Small Modular Reactors

No other APPG Memberships

Wendy Chamberlain Portrait
Wendy Chamberlain
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - North East Fife
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
6 APPG Officer Positions
Afghan Women and Girls , Carers , Food Banks , Golf , PANS PANDAS , Scotch Whisky

No other APPG Memberships

Derek Twigg Portrait
Derek Twigg
Vice Chair
Labour - Widnes and Halewood
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North West
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Snape Portrait
Lord Snape
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Bus and Coach , Heritage Rail , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Mendelsohn Portrait
Lord Mendelsohn
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Abraham Accords , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , War Crimes

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Selkirk of Douglas Portrait
Lord Selkirk of Douglas
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stuart Anderson Portrait
Stuart Anderson
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Shropshire
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Co-Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Respiratory Health , UK Food Security , Vascular and Venous Disease

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Beamish Portrait
Lord Beamish
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeffrey M Donaldson Portrait
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Lagan Valley
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gareth Davies Portrait
Gareth Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Grantham and Bourne
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
1 APPG Officer Position
Private Capital

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
Vice Chair
 Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Wayne David Portrait
Wayne David
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Caerphilly
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Sweeney Portrait
Paul Sweeney
Vice-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Johnny Mercer Portrait
Johnny Mercer
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Plymouth, Moor View
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeffrey M Donaldson Portrait
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Vice-Chair
Independent - Former Member for Lagan Valley
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gordon Marsden Portrait
Gordon Marsden
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Blackpool South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Flello Portrait
Robert Flello
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeffrey M Donaldson Portrait
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Lagan Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

James Sunderland MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 5032.

Email: james.sunderland.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kingsley Donaldson, CIPCR International Ltd, Causeway Institute, c/o 2 Market Place, Lisburn, Co Antrim BT28 1AN. Tel: 07850 162 671

Email: Kingsley.donaldson@cipcr.org

Secretariat:

CIPCR International Ltd acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.cipcr.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
20 Jul 2022
Source
CIPCR International Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/07/2022 To : 19/07/2023
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Veterans APPG