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Age Champions
Working to make our country a great place to grow older.
We've been working with Age Champion MPs since 2015 to help the older people who need us most. Will you join us?
What do Age Champions do?
More than 10 million people in England are over 65, and the number will only grow as our population gets older. This is a cause for celebration, but it also presents challenges for individuals, our communities and the Government to make sure we can all live well, independently and with dignity as we age. We work with our Age Champions to meet this challenge together.
As Age Champions, MPs receive regular updates on the big issues that affect older people in their local area and an area profile with data on their constituency. We also provide an outline on how we can support your work as an Age Champion to help make your constituency and the UK a better place to grow older.
Who are our current Age Champions?
See below a full list of Age Champion MPs and information about the campaigns they support.
Age Champions (A-I)
| MP | Constituency | Local »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË |
|---|---|---|
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Oldham |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Suffolk |
| Lucy Allan | Telford | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Shropshire Telford & Wrekin |
| Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Mid Mersey |
| Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Age Cymru |
| Jonathan Ashworth | Leicester South | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Leicestershire & Rutland |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Malvern & District |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Leeds |
| Scott Benton | Blackpool South | |
| Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Lancashire |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Sheffield |
| Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Calderdale & Kirklees |
| Ben Bradley | Mansfield | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
| Benjamin Bradshaw | Exeter | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Exeter |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Trafford |
| Jack Brereton | Stoke-on-Trent South | |
| James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bexley |
| Robert Buckland | South Swindon | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Wiltshire |
| Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Hounslow |
| Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Age Scotland |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË North Tyneside |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Medway |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Gloucestershire |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Folkestone |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Lancashire |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Islington |
| Judith Cummins | Bradford South | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bradford & District |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bradford & District |
| Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Age Scotland |
| Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bristol |
| Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Oxfordshire |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | Age NI |
| Jeffrey Donaldson | Lagan Valley | Age NI |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Shropshire Telford & Wrekin |
| Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Age Cymru |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË South Lakeland |
| Simon Fell | Barrow and Furness | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Barrow and District |
| Marion Fellows | Motherwell and Wishaw | Age Scotland |
| Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Coventry |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Wigan Borough |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Thanet |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest |
| Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | |
| Patricia Gibson | North Ayrshire and Arran | Age Scotland |
| Paul Girvan | Antrim South | Age NI |
| John Glen | Salisbury | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Wiltshire |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË North Tyneside |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bolton |
| Damian Green | Ashford | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Ashford |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Trafford |
| Lillian Greenwood | Nottingham South | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Nottingham and Nottinghamshire |
| Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Wirral |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Merton |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Essex |
| Trudy Harrison | Copeland | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË West Cumbria |
| Sally-Ann Hart | Hastings and Rye | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË East Sussex |
| Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Lambeth |
| John Healey | Wentworth and Dearne | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Rotherham |
| James Heappey | Wells | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Somerset |
| Wera Hobhouse | Bath | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bath & North East Somerset |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Sunderland |
| Richard Holden | North West Durham | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË County Durham |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË North Yorkshire |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Mid Mersey |
| Paul Howell | Sedgefield | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË County Durham |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Lancashire |
| Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Ealing |
| Imran Hussain | Bradford East | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bradford & District |
Age Champions (J-R)
| MP | Constituency | Local »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË |
|---|---|---|
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
| Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË North Yorkshire |
| Gillian Keegan | Chichester | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË West Sussex |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Salford |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Leicestershire & Rutland |
| Ben Lake | Ceredigion | Age Cymru Ceredigion |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË London |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Northumberland |
| Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Somerset |
| David Linden | Glasgow East | Age Scotland |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Surrey |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË West Sussex |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton Pavilion | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Brighton & Hove |
| Rachel Maclean | Redditch | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest |
| Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Cheshire |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Hounslow |
| Rachael Maskell | York Central | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË York |
| Christian Matheson | City of Chester | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Cheshire |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Berkshire |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bristol |
| Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Age Scotland |
| John McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Hillingdon |
| Catherine McKinnell | Newcastle upon Tyne North | |
| Jim McMahon | Oldham West and Royton | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Oldham |
| Anna McMorrin | Cardiff North | Age Cymru |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Gateshead |
| Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË South Staffordshire |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Derby & Derbyshire |
| Navendu Mishra | Stockport | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Stockport |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Oxfordshire |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | |
| Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Portsmouth |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË County Durham |
| James Murray | Ealing North | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Ealing |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
| Kirsten Oswald | East Renfrewshire | Age Scotland |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Shropshire Telford & Wrekin |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Derby & Derbyshire |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Horsham District |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bolton |
| Rachel Reeves | Leeds West | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Leeds |
| Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Lewisham & Southwark |
| Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Streatham | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Lambeth |
| Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Mid Mersey |
| Rob Roberts | Delyn | Age Cymru |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Gloucestershire |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | Age NI |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton Kemptown | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Brighton & Hove |
Age Champions (S-Z)
| MP | Constituency | Local »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË |
|---|---|---|
| Selaine Saxby | North Devon | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Devon |
| Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Sutton |
| Bob Seely | Isle of Wight | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Isle of Wight |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | Age NI |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing Southall | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Ealing |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Calderdale & Kirklees |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË West Sussex |
| Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Lancashire |
| Jeff Smith | Manchester Withington | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Manchester |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Norwich |
| Alexander Stafford | Rother Valley | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Rotherham |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Redbridge Barking & Havering |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Devon |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË York |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Age Cymru |
| Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | Age Scotland |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Derby and Derbyshire |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË East London |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Sevenoaks & Tonbridge |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË North East Lincolnshire |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Barnet |
| David Warburton | Somerton and Frome | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Somerset |
| Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË London |
| Matt Western | Warwick and Leamington | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Warwickshire |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton Test | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Southampton |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Essex |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | Age Scotland |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Stockport |
| Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Bedfordshire |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Cambridgeshire & Peterborough |
What campaigns can MPs support?
We're encouraging all MPs to show their support for these campaigns. We work closely with our Age Champions, exploring how they can get involved and help the older people most in need - in their constituency and beyond.
About our campaigns
Care in Crisis
The Government must address the fact too many older people don’t get the essential care they desperately need.
Security for older private renters
Older renters can be evicted from their homes at short notice, even when they've done nothing wrong. This leaves so many people insecure and anxious about the future. We want to make sure that's no longer possible.
No Age Limit: older people and domestic abuse
There's no age limit on domestic violence. But there is an age limit to the data collected on it - 74. We're campaigning for a number of changes that will protect older people from abuse and make sure existing safeguarding services are appropriate for them.
How do I become an Age Champion MP?
Want to join over 100 other MPs in supporting older people? Become an Age Champion by emailing PublicAffairs@ageuk.org.uk
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