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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Jon Shelton: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Jon Shelton
head of cancer intelligence at Cancer Research UK
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Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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press citations on 1 topic since 5 Oct 2026 · last quoted 6 Oct 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Jon Shelton: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- head of cancer intelligence at Cancer Research UK
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 6 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 5 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where Jon Shelton sits on cancer
Ranked 57= of 100 voices quoted in the press on cancer, level with 43 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Prof Peter JohnsonClinicianNational Clinical Director for Cancer, NHS England53 - 2
Michelle MitchellSector leaderChief Executive, Cancer Research UK18 - 3
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)17 - 57=Sian Robinson-BrownSector leaderMacmillan's Support Line3
- 57=Alexandra KempClinicianconsultant dermatologist and trust cancer clinical director at Amersham Hospital3
- 57=Jon SheltonSector leaderhead of cancer intelligence at Cancer Research UK3
- 57=Zakir ShariffClinicianConsultant plastic surgeon3
- 57=Dr Anne RiggClinicianconsultant medical oncologist and NHS England's national speciality adviser for chemotherapy3
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 57=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Jon Shelton has said
By outlet · linked articles
- independent.co.uk1
- lbc.co.uk1
- walesonline.co.uk1
Where Jon Shelton has been quoted
- 01New warning to anyone born since 1976 over seven cancers - full listwalesonline.co.uk · 6 Oct 2026
- 02Experts raise alarm over cancer case rises in under 50s - which is not confined to bowel | LBClbc.co.uk · 5 Oct 2026
- 03'Concerning trajectory' cancer diagnosis rates among under 50s, expert saysindependent.co.uk · 5 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“Cancer rates in people under 50 are rising, both in England and worldwide.”
“Higher rates of cancer detection are likely to be playing a role, including in prostate cancer, some of which could be overdiagnosis, where a cancer is spotted that won't go on to cause someone harm.”
“Higher rates of cancer detection are likely to be playing a role, including in prostate cancer, some of which could be overdiagnosis, where a cancer is spotted that won't go on to cause someone harm.”
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Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.