Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups [as at 24 January 2024] Dark Skies

Title	All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dark Skies
Purpose	To highlight the importance of preserving our ability to see a dark sky at night; promote the adoption of dark sky friendly lighting and planning policies; protect existing UK Dark Sky reserves and support potential new reserves; and collaborate with overseas groups such as the International Dark Sky Association.
Category	Subject Group

Officers
Role	Name	Party
Chair & Registered Contact	Sir Peter Bottomley	Conservative
Co-Chair	Lord Rees of Ludlow	Crossbench
Vice Chair	Tonia Antoniazzi	Labour
Vice Chair	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville	Liberal Democrat
Vice Chair	Bob Blackman	Conservative
Vice Chair	Sir Graham Brady	Conservative
Vice Chair	Lord Carrington	Crossbench
Vice Chair	Alberto Costa	Conservative
Vice Chair	Virginia Crosbie	Conservative
Vice Chair	Tracey Crouch	Conservative
Vice Chair	Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative
Vice Chair	Philip Dunne	Conservative
Vice Chair	Tim Farron	Liberal Democrat
Vice Chair	Simon Fell	Conservative
Vice Chair	Mr Marcus Fysh	Conservative
Vice Chair	Lord Grantchester	Labour
Vice Chair	Fay Jones	Conservative
Vice Chair	Tim Loughton	Conservative
Vice Chair	Caroline Lucas	Green Party
Vice Chair	Jerome Mayhew	Conservative
Vice Chair	Mrs Sheryll Murray	Conservative
Vice Chair	Baroness Neville-Rolfe	Conservative
Vice Chair	Lord Rennard	Liberal Democrat
Vice Chair	Selaine Saxby	Conservative
Vice Chair	Bob Seely	Conservative
Vice Chair	Cat Smith	Labour
Vice Chair	Greg Smith	Conservative
Vice Chair	Lord Stunell	Liberal Democrat
Vice Chair	Lord Taylor of Holbeach	Conservative
Vice Chair	Lord Vaux of Harrowden	Crossbench
Vice Chair	Theresa Villiers	Conservative
Vice Chair	Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative
Vice Chair	James Wild	Conservative

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Peter Bottomley MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5060.

Public Enquiry Point:

Marieta Valdivia Lefort, Royal Astronomical Society

Secretariat:

Royal Astronomical Society acts as the group's secretariat. https://ras.ac.uk/

Annual General Meeting
Date of most recent AGM in this Parliament	23/05/2023
Did the group publish an income and expenditure statement relating to the AGM above?	No
Reporting year	29 Jan to 28 Jan
Next reporting deadline	29/05/2024

Registrable benefits received by the group

Benefits In Kind

Source

Description

Value £s

In bands of £1,500

Received

Registered

Royal Astronomical Society

Secretariat

From : 29/01/2023

To : 28/01/2024

1,501-3,000

29/01/2023

26/05/2023