Painful Journeys
Many older people are experiencing anxiety, exhaustion and distress getting to their hospital appointments.
Age Champions
Working to make our country a great place to grow older.
Age UK and our supporters across the country have been asking MPs to become Age Champions and help to make the UK a great place to grow older.
What do Age Champions do?
The UK's population is growing older. This is a cause for celebration, but it also presents challenges for individuals, our communities and government to make sure we are all able to live well, independently and with dignity as we age.
As Age Champions, MPs receive an Area Profile with data on their constituency, as well as an outline from Age UK on the ways we can support their work to help make their constituency and the UK a better place to grow older.
We share regular updates with Age Champions to keep them up-to-date on the big issues that affect older people in their local area and across the UK.
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 | Supporting campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Age UK Oldham | Loneliness |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Age UK Suffolk | |
| Lucy Allan | Telford | Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin | |
| Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | Age UK Cambridgeshire & Peterborough | |
| Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Age UK Mid Mersey | |
| David Amess | Southend West | Age UK Essex | Loneliness |
| Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Age Cymru | |
| Jonathan Ashworth | Leicester South | Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland | |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Age UK Malvern & District | |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Age UK Rotherham | Loneliness |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Age UK Leeds | |
| Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Age UK Lancashire | |
| Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees | Loneliness |
| Ben Bradley | Mansfield | Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire | |
| Benjamin Bradshaw | Exeter | Age UK Exeter | |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Age UK Trafford | |
| James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Age UK Bexley | |
| Robert Buckland | South Swindon | Age UK Wiltshire | Loneliness |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Age UK Birmingham | |
| Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Age UK Hounslow | |
| 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 | |
| Julie Cooper | Burnley | Age UK Lancashire | Loneliness |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Age UK Lancashire | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Age UK Islington | |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Age UK Wakefield District | Loneliness |
| Judith Cummins | Bradford South | Age UK Bradford & District | |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Age UK Coventry | |
| Nic Dakin | Scunthorpe | Age UK North Lincolnshire | |
| Chris Davies | Brecon and Radnorshire | Age Cymru | |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Age UK Bradford & District | |
| Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Age Scotland | |
| Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Age UK Bristol | Loneliness |
| 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 | |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-Under-Lyme | Age UK North Staffordshire | |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Age UK South Lakeland | |
| Marion Fellows | Motherwell and Wishaw | Age Scotland | Loneliness |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Age UK Wirral | |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Age UK East London | |
| Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East | Age UK Coventry | |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Age UK Wigan Borough | Loneliness |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Age UK Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest | |
| Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Age UK East Sussex | |
| Paul Girvan | Antrim South | Age NI | |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Age UK Wiltshire | |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Age UK North Tyneside | |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Hall Green | Age UK Birmingham | |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Age UK Bolton | |
| Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | Age UK Wirral | |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Age UK Burton | |
| John Grogan | Keighley | Age UK Bradford & District | |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Age UK Merton | |
| 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 | Loneliness |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Age UK Lambeth | |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Age UK North Yorkshire | |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Age UK Mid Mersey | Loneliness |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Age UK Lancashire | Loneliness |
| Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Age UK Ealing | Loneliness |
| Imran Hussain | Bradford East | Age UK Bradford & District |
Age Champions (J-R)
| MP | Constituency | Local Age UK | Supporting campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Age UK Lancashire | Loneliness |
| Gillian Keegan | Chichester | Age UK West Sussex | |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Age UK Salford | Loneliness, Care in crisis |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland | |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Age UK London | |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Age UK Northumberland | |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Age UK Stafford & District | |
| Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | ||
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Age UK Somerset | |
| David Linden | Glasgow East | Age Scotland | |
| Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | Age UK East Sussex | |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Age UK Surrey | |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton Pavilion | Age UK Brighton & Hove | |
| Rachel Maclean | Redditch | Age UK Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest | Loneliness, Care in crisis |
| Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Age UK Cheshire | |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Age UK Hertfordshire | |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Age UK Hounslow | Loneliness |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | ||
| Sandy Martin | Ipswich | Age UK Suffolk | Loneliness |
| Rachael Maskell | York Central | Age UK York | Care in crisis |
| 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 | Loneliness | |
| Jim McMahon | Oldham West and Royton | Age UK Oldham | Loneliness |
| Anna McMorrin | Cardiff North | Age Cymru | Loneliness |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Age UK Gateshead | |
| Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Age UK South Staffordshire | |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Age UK Derby & Derbyshire | |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Age Cymru | |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | Age UK Oxfordshire | Loneliness |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Age UK County Durham | |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire | |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin | |
| Teresa Pearce | Erith and Thamesmead | Age UK Bexley | |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Age UK Derby & Derbyshire | Loneliness |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Age UK Horsham District | |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Age UK Bolton | |
| Rachel Reeves | Leeds West | Age UK Leeds | Loneliness |
| Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | Age UK Lewisham & Southwark | Loneliness |
| Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston | Age UK Mid Mersey | |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Age UK Gloucestershire | |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | Age NI | |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Age UK Coventry | |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton Kemptown | Age UK Brighton & Hove |
Age Champions (S-Z)
| MP | Constituency | Local Age UK | Supporting campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Age UK Sutton | Care in crisis |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | Age NI | |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing Southall | Age UK Ealing | |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees | Loneliness |
| Paula Sherriff | Dewsbury | Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees | Loneliness |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Age UK Bedfordshire | |
| Ruth Smeeth | Stoke-on-Trent North | Age UK North Staffordshire | Loneliness |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Age UK West Sussex | |
| Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Age UK Lancashire | |
| Jeff Smith | Manchester Withington | Age UK Manchester | Loneliness |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Age UK Norwich | |
| Gareth Snell | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Age UK North Staffordshire | |
| 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 | Loneliness |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Age UK East London | |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Age UK Sevenoaks & Tonbridge | |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Age UK Lambeth | Loneliness |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Age UK North East Lincolnshire | Care in crisis |
| 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 | |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Age UK Stockport | |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Age UK Cambridgeshire & Peterborough |
What campaigns can MPs support?
Our biggest campaigns are Care and Crisis and Painful Journeys, and we're encouraging all MPs to show their support. We also work closely with Age Champion MPs to discuss other ways they can help make the UK a great place to grow older.
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.
How do I become an Age Champion MP?
Want to join over 100 other MPs in supporting older people? Contact us on agechampions@ageuk.org.uk.
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