The APPGAT is supported by MPs and Peers from across the political spectrum. The group is co-chaired by Lilian Greenwood MP (Lab), Lord Shinkwin (Con) and Lord Low of Dalston CBE (Crossbench).
Following 20 years of experience in the voluntary sector, Lord Shinkwin was appointed a life peer in 2015. Since then, he has actively campaigned for disability rights and served as commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Lilian Greenwood MP was elected on 6th May 2010 to serve as the Labour Member of Parliament for Nottingham South.
Lord Colin Low of Dalston CBE has been a lifelong campaigner for the rights of blind and disabled people, especially in the field of education.
Seema Malhotra MP was elected Labour and Co-Operative Member of Parliament for Feltham and Heston in December 2011, and she is a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Exiting the European Union.
David Blunkett was awarded a peerage in the dissolution Honours List in 2015, taking the title of Lord Blunkett, of Brightside and Hillsborough in the City of Sheffield. He also in that year, took up a post as Professor of Politics in Practice at the University of Sheffield Department of Politics and became Chair of the board of the Univer