As a charity, the Parliamentary Outreach Trust is governed by trustees who are appointed by the membership (which is currently the same as the membership of the Association of Former MPs).
At the AGM in July 2019 it was agreed that in future only the officers would serve as trustees of the charity, supported by a committee of members.
Elected officers (Updated September 2025):
Chair: John Austin
Vice-Chairs: Dr Tania Matthias, Michael Meadowcroft
Secretary: Keith Best
Treasurer: Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Additional members of the committee:
Huw Edwards
Nigel Griffiths
Sylvia Heal
Helen Jones
Tom Levitt
Adrian Sanders
Lawrie Quinn
David Morris
The founding trustees (in 2015) were:
- John Austin (Chair) (Labour MP, 1992-2010)
- Keith Best (Conservative MP, 1979-87)
- Sylvia Heal (Labour MP, 1990-2010)
- Geoffrey Lawler (Conservative MP, 1983-87)
- Tom Levitt (Labour MP, 1997-2010)
- Tony Lloyd (Labour MP, 1983-2012) (resigned upon being re-elected to Parliament, 2017)
- Michael Meadowcroft (Liberal MP, 1983-87)
- Eric Moonman (Labour MP 1966-70 and 1974-79), deceased 2017
- Elizabeth Peacock (Conservative MP, 1983-97)
- Bowen Wells (Conservative MP, 1997-2001)
Our Patrons are:
Former Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow
Former Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon Baroness Betty Boothroyd
Former Prime Minister, Rt Hon Gordon Brown
Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Lord (Ming) Campbell of Pittenween
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord Fowler.
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