Arthur Gordon LishmanCBE, known asGordon Lishman (born 1947)[1] is a British social andelder rights activist,Liberal politician, writer and former Director General ofAge Concern England.[2]
Lishman graduated in economics and political science from theUniversity of Manchester in 1968. Together withTony Greaves, Lishman moved theLiberal Party'sCommunity Politics motion in 1970.[3] In 1980, he co-wroteThe Theory and Practice of Community Politics withBernard Greaves. He was the Liberal Party Parliamentary Candidate forBradford North in the February 1974 and October 1974 General Elections, and forPendle in the 1983 and 1987 General Elections. For theLiberal Democrats, he contestedBlackburn in the2015 general election and Pendle in the2017 general election. He contested Pendle again in the2019 general election, finishing third with 3.5% of the vote,[4] up from his third place result of 2.1% two years earlier.[5]
Lishman joinedAge Concern England in 1974, becoming Director General of the charity in 2000. He left in 2009, after the charity had lost £22 million on theHeyday project, having led the charity through to its merger withHelp the Aged, to form a new charity,Age UK.
He was appointed anOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the1994 New Year Honours[6][7] and promoted toCommander of the same Order (CBE) in the2006 New Year Honours for services to older people.[8]
Lishman was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire in 2002.[2] In 2007, he was asked byIvan Lewis to chair the Department of Health's Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board.[9]
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