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Mark Eastwood took over as the Group’s chair in May 2022

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
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
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