All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion in STEM

About the Group

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in STEM aims to promote the inclusion and progression of people from diverse backgrounds in STEM, and to encourage government, parliamentarians, academics, businesses and other stakeholders to work towards a STEM sector that is representative of the population. We also want to consider and influence changes in policy that will lead to this outcome. 

As part of its work on equality, diversity and inclusion across the science and science engagement sectors, the British Science Association (BSA) acts as secretariat for the Group. The Group is made up of Members of Parliament and Lords, and is a focus for collaboration with businesses and other organisations in STEM.

Details of previous meetings of the APPG can be found here.

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Members (2024-2029 parliament)

The Officers and Members of the APPG are listed below. All Officers were elected at the APPG's AGM on 11 February 2026.

Samantha Niblett MP

Chair

Labour

Sureena Brackenridge MP

Officer

Labour

Baroness Brown

Officer

Crossbench

Baroness Verma

Officer

Conservative

Valerie Vaz MP 

Member

Labour


Siân Berry MP

Member

Green

Adam Thompson MP

Member

Labour

Sam Carling MP

Member

Labour

Sadik Al-Hassan MP

Member

Labour

Pippa Heylings MP

Member

Liberal Democrat

Lord Smith of Finsbury

Member

Labour

Baroness Benjamin

Member

Liberal Democrat

Lord Clement-Jones

Member

Liberal Democrat

Liz Jarvis MP

Member

Liberal Democrat

James Asser MP

Member

Labour

Gordon McKee MP

Member

Labour

Baroness Golding

Member

Labour

Baroness Goudie

Member

Labour

Ellie Chowns MP

Member

Green

Baroness Prashar

Member

Crossbench

Dan Aldridge MP

Member

Labour

Baroness Thornton

Member

Labour

Chi Onwurah MP

Member

Labour

Lauren Sullivan MP

Member

Labour

Ben Spencer MP

Member

Conservative

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

Member

Labour

Dawn Butler MP

Member

Labour

Baroness Grey-Thompson

Member

Crossbench

Baroness Freeman

Member

Crossbench

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

Member

Conservative

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The BSA is seeking funding to cover the costs of running the APPG – this includes running inquiries, commissioning research, hosting events and running the secretariat.

If you are interested in supporting the APPG, please contact Agasty Baylon Yogaratnam.