Membership

Ben Lake has represented Plaid Cymru in the Ceredigion constituency since 2017. He operates as the party's Westminster shadow spokesperson for several policy areas including health and social care, economics, and Welsh Affairs. Motivated by the experience of a close family member who recovered from the disease, Ben's one of our key bowel cancer champions. He's translated this into campaigning for the bowel cancer screening age to be lowered from 60 to 50 and advocating for improved services in Wales and in his constituency.

Gerald Jones is the Labour MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney and has held the seat since 2015. He's currently Shadow Minister for Wales. Gerald's a prominent campaigner on bowel cancer in parliament and this has involved supporting efforts to lower the screening age and encouraging constituents to check for the signs and symptoms of the disease.

Rebecca Long-Bailey has served as the Labour MP for Salford and Eccles since 2015. She frequently campaigns on the issues affecting bowel cancer patients in her local area and took up the cause of a constituent to ensure they could benefit from lifesaving treatment for the disease. This involved campaigning to change the policy around treatment breaks which can prevent patients from accessing certain medications.

Sharon Hodgson has been an MP for Washington and Sunderland West since 2005. She's a prominent voice in parliament on the issue of bowel cancer diagnosis, focusing on both the signs and symptoms of the disease as well as the staff shortages that are preventing patients from being diagnosed at the earliest stage.