Association of Professional Political Consultants
Welcome to the website of the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC). The APPC is the self-regulatory body for UK public affairs professionals in the consultancy sector.
The APPC has three main roles:
- To ensure transparency and openness by maintaining a register of political consultants
- To enforce high standards by requiring members to adhere to a code of conduct
- To promote understanding of the public affairs sector, and the contribution made by political consultants to a properly functioning democracy, amongst politicians, the media and others
Organisations using political consultants come from the voluntary, campaigning and public sectors, as well as from private industry. By employing consultancies which are members of the APPC they can be sure that their consultants operate within a strict ethical framework.
Read more about the APPC here.
The Association of Professional Political Consultants is a company limited by guarantee registered in England number 2966505. Its registered office is The Registry, Royal Mint Court, London, EC3N 4QN.
Latest News & Events
Response by the APPC to the Government's Consultation Paper
The APPC, which has 70 public affairs consultancies in membership, welcomes the prospect of a statutory register of lobbyists and agrees with the Government that “lobbying serves an important function in politics – by putting forward the views of stakeholders to policy makers, it helps in the development of better legislation”.
APPC welcomesprospect of statutory register for lobbyists
· Unique opportunity for registration of all professional lobbyists, not just consultancies
· Only 10% of organisations that lobby professionally are consultancies
· Full response after consultation with members
· Transparent and ethical lobbying assists good policy formation and law making