Video Games and Esports APPG

First Registered: 21/11/2018 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To work with the games and interactive entertainment industry, including with its trade body UK Interactive Entertainment, to supercharge the industry's economic, technological and cultural contributions within parliament.

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
Charlotte Nichols Portrait
Charlotte Nichols
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Warrington North
Joined: 9th August 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
British Sign Language , Interfaith Dialogue , Nuclear Energy , Pubs
2 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Future of Work
Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Charlotte Nichols MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.

Email: charlotte.nichols.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Dominic Murphy, UK Interactive Entertainment

Email: policy@ukie.org.uk

Secretariat:

UK Interactive Entertainment acts as the group's secretariat. https://ukie.org.uk/

Date
10 Mar 2023
Source
UK Interactive Entertainment
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/03/2023 To : 09/03/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
10 Mar 2022
Source
UK Interactive Entertainment
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/03/2022 To : 09/03/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
6 Sep 2018
Source
UK Interactive Entertainment
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/09/2018 To : 05/09/2019
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Video Games and Esports APPG

Former APPG Officers
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia

No other APPG Memberships

Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Vice Chair
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Gullis Portrait
Jonathan Gullis
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent North
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Ben Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Mansfield
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Vice Chair
Labour - Putney
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Clement-Jones Portrait
Lord Clement-Jones
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 24th January 2024
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Football Supporters , Park Homes

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 28th June 2023
Dehenna Davison Portrait
Dehenna Davison
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bishop Auckland
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Luke Evans Portrait
Luke Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Cornwall
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019