Yemen APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To strengthen bilateral ties between the UK and Yemen.

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
Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 7th May 2025
4 APPG Officer Positions
Jordan , Kashmir , Kuwait , Turkey
2 APPG Memberships
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Republic of Korea
Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Vice Chair
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 7th May 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Tahir Ali MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.

Email: tahir.ali.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Griff Simon, Office of Tahir Ali MP. Tel: 07826 853 700

Email: griff.simon@parliament.uk

Date
15 Jan 2022
Source
Jack Patterson (acting as a sole trader)
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2022 To : 14/01/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
15 Jan 2021
Source
Jack Patterson (acting as a sole trader)
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2021 To : 14/01/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
15 Jan 2020
Source
Jack Patterson (acting as a sole trader)
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2020 To : 14/01/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
6 Jul 2018
Source
Human Security Centre
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 06/07/2018 To : 05/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
6 Jul 2018
Source
Adalah Yemen
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 06/07/2018 To : 05/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
6 Jul 2017
Source
Human Security Centre
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/07/2017 To : 06/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
6 Jul 2017
Source
Human Security Centre
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/07/2017 To : 05/07/2018
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Yemen APPG

Former APPG Officers
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Secretary
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

Flick Drummond Portrait
Flick Drummond
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Anelay of St Johns Portrait
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Sudan and South Sudan , United Nations

No other APPG Memberships

Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
None Portrait
Baroness Goudie
Vice Chair
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Worcestershire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
4 APPG Officer Positions
Africa , Nigeria , Opera , Responsible Business

No other APPG Memberships

Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 9th February 2022
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: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Stephen Doughty Portrait
Stephen Doughty
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Philip Hollobone Portrait
Philip Hollobone
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Kettering
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Beamish Portrait
Lord Beamish
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Suffolk
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Treasurer
Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Keith Vaz Portrait
Keith Vaz
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Treasurer
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 29th August 2018
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

Graham P Jones Portrait
Graham P Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Vice Chair
Conservative - Melton and Syston
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Harry Harpham Portrait
Harry Harpham
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd February 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships