Larry Sanders (politician)

Larry Sanders
Larry Sanders
Health Spokesperson of the ; Green Party of England and Wales
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 February 2016
Councillor on the ; Oxfordshire County Council
	In office; 2005–2013
Personal details
Born	25 April 1935 (age 88); New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Green Party
Domestic partner	Janet Hall (m. 1998)
Parents	Eli Sanders (1904–1962); Dorothy Glassberg (1913–1960)
Relatives	Bernie Sanders (brother)
Education	Brooklyn College; Harvard Law School
Occupation	Academic, social worker, politician

Lawrence "Larry" Sanders (born April 25, 1935) is an American-born British academic and politician. He is a member of the Green Party. Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is the brother of United States senator and Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Sanders moved to the United Kingdom in 1968. He was active in the Labour Party in Oxford in the 1980s. He left the Labour Party in 2001 because he felt that it had moved too far to the right under Tony Blair, and joined the Green Party.^[2] Sanders was a Green Party county councillor representing the East Oxford division on Oxfordshire County Council, until he retired from the Council in 2013.^[3]^[4] He was a candidate to be the Member of Parliament for Witney. He came in fourth place.^[5]

References[change | change source]

↑ Glenza, Jessica (12 October 2015). "Bernie and Larry Sanders: candidate's brother crosses Atlantic to watch debate". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
↑ Kelly, Kevin (27 May 2015). "Bernie's Bro: Working-Class Brooklyn Roots Shaped My Brother". Seven Days. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
↑ "Election results for East Oxford". Oxfordshire County Council. June 4, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
↑ "Green County Councillor Retires". Oxfordshire Green Party. June 8, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
↑ Craig, Jon (October 21, 2016). "Conservatives hold Cameron's old seat in Witney by-election". Sky News. Retrieved July 3, 2019.

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U.S. Senator from Vermont (2007–present) U.S. Congressman from Vermont's at-large district (1991–2007) Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981–1989) Born (1941-09-08)September 8, 1941
Politics	Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign primaries Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign Our Revolution People's Summit Bush Tax Cuts filibusterer University of Chicago sit-ins
Family	Jane O'Meara Sanders (wife) Larry Sanders (brother) Carina Driscoll (step-daughter)
In the media	Outsider in the White House (1997 book, 2015 reissue) Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (2016 book) Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution (2017 book) We Shall Overcome (1987 album) Sweet Hearts Dance (1988 movie cameo appearance)