Larry Sanders smiles at home in Oxford, England, February 15, 2016 (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The brother of former Democratic candidate for US president Bernie Sanders is running for Britain’s Parliament.
Larry Sanders, 81, is running as the Green Party candidate, for the seat being vacated by former Prime Minister David Cameron, who has held the seat for the Witney constituency in Oxfordshire in southern England since 2001.
Cameron resigned as prime minister in July, and announced earlier this month that he would leave parliament as well.
The election is scheduled for October 20. The main issue of his campaign is expected to be privatizing Britain’s national health care service.
Larry Sanders, who was born in Brooklyn, has lived in Oxford, England since 1969, and taught at Oxford University in the department of social administration.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaking during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
He was active in politics in the Labour Party, which he left in 2001 saying it had moved too far to the right. He then joined the Green Party. He currently serves as health spokesperson for the party.
Larry Sanders was a delegate to this year’s Democratic National Convention representing Democrats Abroad, where he spoke about his brother and cast his vote for him.
Outgoing British prime minister David Cameron (2nd L) leaves after speaking outside 10 Downing Street with his family (L-R) son Arthur Elwen, his daughter Nancy Gwen, daughter Florence Rose Endellion and his wife Samantha Cameron in central London on July 13, 2016 before going to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.(AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS)
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