Businessmen and MP among those in Young Power List
TWO Yorkshire businessmen and the country’s youngest MP have been named in the first Sunday Times Young Power List.
The list named 25 people from across the UK and Ireland who are “under 30 and overachieving” according to the newspaper. The winners come from the worlds of sport, art, business, science, politics, activism, tech and beyond.
Among those featured are Keir Mather, the 26-year-old Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty, who overturned a 20,000 Conservative majority last year in a by-election after
Tory MP Nigel Adams announced he was standing down with immediate effect. The Hull-born MP, who was 25 at the time of the by-election, gained a majority of more than 4,000 over the Conservative candidate Claire Holmes.
Also featuring in the list are Morley’s Joe Seddon, who founded Zero Gravity using the last of his £200 student loan while at Oxford University, and the Harrogate-born James Dacombe, who is the founder, CEO and chairman of CoMind.
Mr Seddon’s Zero Gravity is a website and app which identifies ambitious students from low-opportunity backgrounds, and connects them with mentors, masterclasses, scholarships and internships. The platform has helped more than 8,000 students get into top universities including 800 into Oxbridge.
Mr Dacombe, who grew up near Harrogate, began programming at 13 and founded CoMind at 17. Alongside his 60-strong team, he is developing a patch that is worn on the forehead and measures key brain signals to help clinicians treat patients across intensive care units and in surgery.
Hannah Swerling, commissioning editor of The Sunday Times, said: “The Young Power List celebrates hard work and ingenuity in its many forms. It features rising stars in entertainment, sportsmen and women dominating their field, entrepreneurs changing the world for the better, tech trailblazers, a political powerhouse and many more.
“The 25 young people on the list demonstrate that success can take many forms and remind us that the best journeys begin with hope, excitement and a sense of limitless possibility.”
Others on the list are actor Nicholas Galitzine, 29; actress Ambika Mod, 28; comedian and presenter Amelia Dimoldenberg, 30; comedian Leo Reich, 25; author Caleb Azumah Nelson, 30; England Arsenal footballer Leah Williamson, 27; rugby player Louis Rees-Zammit, 23; tennis player Jack Draper, 22; England and Arsenal footballer Bukayo Saka, 22; racing driver Jamie Chadwick, 25; darts player Luke Littler, 17; founder of Epoch Biodesign Jacob Nathan, 23; environmental activist Mya-Rose Craig, 21, and Blue Peter presenter and wheelchair racer Abby Cook, 21.