The new All Party Furniture and Furnishing Group was officially brought into being on 27th January 2020. Mark Eastwood, MP for Dewsbury, took over the role of Chair in May 2022.
The Group’s officers are as follows:
Name | Role | Party | Constituency |
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Maggie Throup MP | Vice Chair | Conservative | Erewash |
Baroness Warsi | Vice Chair | Conservative | Peer |
Greg Smith MP | Vice Chair | Conservative | Buckingham |
Kim Leadbeater MP | Vice Chair | Labour | Batley and Spen |
James Daly MP | Vice Chair | Conservative | Bury North |
Paul Howell MP | Vice Chair | Conservative | Sedgefield |
Sara Britcliffe MP | Vice Chair | Conservative | Hyndburn |
Further information on the Group can be found on its APPG Register Entry
The Group is open to any parliamentarians who have an interest in the furniture industry, whether that be due to a relevant policy portfolio or a constituency interest.
As such, the BFC undertook analysis of the constituency MPs of each BFC Association member to find clusters of furniture industry activity. The following table lists MPs with the most BFC Association members located within their constituency, and represents the focus of the BFC’s parliamentary activities.
Name | Constituency | No. of Members | Party |
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Emily Thornberry MP | Islington South and Finsbury | 14 | Labour |
Kim Leadbeater | Batley & Spen | 11 | Labour |
Mark Eastwood MP * | Dewsbury | 14 | Conservative |
Greg Hands MP | Chelsea and Fulham | 10 | Conservative |
Steve Baker MP | Wycombe | 9 | Conservative |
Nickie Aiken MP * | Cities of London and Westminster | 11 | Conservative |
Maggie Throup MP | Erewash | 13 | Conservative |
Andrew Murrison MP | South West Wiltshire | 6 | Conservative |
Simon Lightwood MP | Wakefield | 7 | Labour |
Lee Anderson MP | Ashfield | 6 | Conservative |
Mark Fletcher | Bolsover | 6 | Conservative |
Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | 5 | Conservative |
Andrew Bridgen MP | North West Leicestershire | 5 | Conservative |
Shabana Mahmood MP | Birmingham, Ladywood | 5 | Labour |
Craig Whittaker MP | Calder Valley | 5 | Conservative |
Yasmin Qureshi MP | Bolton South East | 5 | Labour |
Victoria Prentis MP | Banbury | 5 | Conservative |
Hilary Benn MP | Leeds Central | 4 | Labour |
Jess Phillips MP | Birmingham, Yardley | 7 | Labour |
Mike Wood MP | Dudley South | 5 | Conservative |