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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 Age UK |
|---|---|---|
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Age UK Oldham |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Age UK Suffolk |
| Lucy Allan | Telford | Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin |
| Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Age UK Mid Mersey |
| Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Age Cymru |
| Jonathan Ashworth | Leicester South | Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Age UK Malvern & District |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Age UK Leeds |
| Scott Benton | Blackpool South | |
| Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Age UK Lancashire |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Age UK Sheffield |
| Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees |
| Ben Bradley | Mansfield | Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
| Benjamin Bradshaw | Exeter | Age UK Exeter |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Age UK Trafford |
| Jack Brereton | Stoke-on-Trent South | |
| James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Age UK Bexley |
| Robert Buckland | South Swindon | Age UK Wiltshire |
| Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Age UK Hounslow |
| Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Age Scotland |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Age UK North Tyneside |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Age UK Medway |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Age UK Bournemouth |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Age UK Gloucestershire |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Age UK Folkestone |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Age UK Lancashire |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Age UK Islington |
| Judith Cummins | Bradford South | Age UK Bradford & District |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Age UK Bradford & District |
| Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Age Scotland |
| Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Age UK Bristol |
| Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | Age UK Oxfordshire |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | Age NI |
| Jeffrey Donaldson | Lagan Valley | Age NI |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin |
| Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Age Cymru |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Age UK South Lakeland |
| Simon Fell | Barrow and Furness | Age UK Barrow and District |
| Marion Fellows | Motherwell and Wishaw | Age Scotland |
| Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East | Age UK Coventry |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Age UK Wigan Borough |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Age UK Thanet |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Age UK Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest |
| Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Age UK East Sussex |
| Patricia Gibson | North Ayrshire and Arran | Age Scotland |
| Paul Girvan | Antrim South | Age NI |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Age UK Wiltshire |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Age UK North Tyneside |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Age UK Bolton |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Age UK Ashford |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Age UK Trafford |
| Lillian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Age UK Nottingham and Nottinghamshire |
| Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | Age UK Wirral |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Age UK Merton |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Age UK Essex |
| Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Age UK West Cumbria |
| Sally-Ann Hart | Hastings and Rye | Age UK East Sussex |
| Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Age UK Lambeth |
| John Healey | Wentworth and Dearne | Age UK Rotherham |
| James Heappey | Wells | Age UK Somerset |
| Wera Hobhouse | Bath | Age UK Bath & North East Somerset |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Age UK Sunderland |
| Richard Holden | North West Durham | Age UK County Durham |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Age UK North Yorkshire |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Age UK Mid Mersey |
| Paul Howell | Sedgefield | Age UK County Durham |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Age UK Lancashire |
| Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Age UK Ealing |
| Imran Hussain | Bradford East | Age UK Bradford & District |
Age Champions (J-R)
| MP | Constituency | Local Age UK |
|---|---|---|
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Age UK Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
| Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Age UK North Yorkshire |
| Gillian Keegan | Chichester | Age UK West Sussex |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Age UK Salford |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland |
| Ben Lake | Ceredigion | Age Cymru Ceredigion |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Age UK London |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Age UK Northumberland |
| Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Age UK Somerset |
| David Linden | Glasgow East | Age Scotland |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Age UK Surrey |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Age UK West Sussex |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton Pavilion | Age UK Brighton & Hove |
| Rachel Maclean | Redditch | Age UK Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest |
| Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Age UK Cheshire |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Age UK Hounslow |
| Rachael Maskell | York Central | Age UK York |
| Christian Matheson | City of Chester | Age UK Cheshire |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Age UK Berkshire |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Age UK Bristol |
| Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Age Scotland |
| John McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Age UK Hillingdon |
| Catherine McKinnell | Newcastle upon Tyne North | |
| Jim McMahon | Oldham West and Royton | Age UK Oldham |
| Anna McMorrin | Cardiff North | Age Cymru |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Age UK Gateshead |
| Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Age UK South Staffordshire |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Age UK Derby & Derbyshire |
| Navendu Mishra | Stockport | Age UK Stockport |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | Age UK Oxfordshire |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | |
| Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Age UK Portsmouth |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Age UK County Durham |
| James Murray | Ealing North | Age UK Ealing |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
| Kirsten Oswald | East Renfrewshire | Age Scotland |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Age UK Derby & Derbyshire |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Age UK Horsham District |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Age UK Bolton |
| Rachel Reeves | Leeds West | Age UK Leeds |
| Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | Age UK Lewisham & Southwark |
| Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Streatham | Age UK Lambeth |
| Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston | Age UK Mid Mersey |
| Rob Roberts | Delyn | Age Cymru |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Age UK Gloucestershire |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | Age NI |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton Kemptown | Age UK Brighton & Hove |
Age Champions (S-Z)
| MP | Constituency | Local Age UK |
|---|---|---|
| Selaine Saxby | North Devon | Age UK Devon |
| Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Age UK Sutton |
| Bob Seely | Isle of Wight | Age UK Isle of Wight |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | Age NI |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing Southall | Age UK Ealing |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Age UK West Sussex |
| Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Age UK Lancashire |
| Jeff Smith | Manchester Withington | Age UK Manchester |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Age UK Norwich |
| Alexander Stafford | Rother Valley | Age UK Rotherham |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Age UK Redbridge Barking & Havering |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | Age UK Devon |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Age UK York |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Age Cymru |
| Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | Age Scotland |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Age UK Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | Age UK Derby and Derbyshire |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Age UK East London |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Age UK Sevenoaks & Tonbridge |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Age UK North East Lincolnshire |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Age UK Barnet |
| David Warburton | Somerton and Frome | Age UK Somerset |
| Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Age UK London |
| Matt Western | Warwick and Leamington | Age UK Warwickshire |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton Test | Age UK Southampton |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Age UK Essex |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | Age Scotland |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Age UK Stockport |
| Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | Age UK Bedfordshire |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Age UK 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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