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Adrian Mark Sanders (born 25 April 1959, Paignton
Paignton

Paignton is a coastal town in Devon in England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the unitary authority of Torbay which was created in 1998....
) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. He is the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Torbay
Torbay (UK Parliament constituency)

Torbay is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 in Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
.

ers is the son of the late John and Helen Sanders, an insurance official and nurse respectively. He went to primary schools in Paignton and Torquay
Torquay

Torquay is a town in the unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 16 miles south of Exeter along the A380 road on the north of Torbay, 38 miles north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay....
 then Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay Boys' Grammar School

Torquay Boys' Grammar School is a Selective school Single-sex education grammar school in Torquay, Devon, England. As of 2009, it has approximately 1040 students....
. He worked briefly in a timber yard, then in the insurance industry for seven years, and then had a short spell of unemployment before finding work in the political arena.

Adrian Sanders is married to Alison and lives in Paignton.






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Adrian Mark Sanders (born 25 April 1959, Paignton
Paignton

Paignton is a coastal town in Devon in England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the unitary authority of Torbay which was created in 1998....
) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. He is the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Torbay
Torbay (UK Parliament constituency)

Torbay is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 in Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
.

Personal life

Sanders is the son of the late John and Helen Sanders, an insurance official and nurse respectively. He went to primary schools in Paignton and Torquay
Torquay

Torquay is a town in the unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 16 miles south of Exeter along the A380 road on the north of Torbay, 38 miles north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay....
 then Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay Boys' Grammar School

Torquay Boys' Grammar School is a Selective school Single-sex education grammar school in Torquay, Devon, England. As of 2009, it has approximately 1040 students....
. He worked briefly in a timber yard, then in the insurance industry for seven years, and then had a short spell of unemployment before finding work in the political arena.

Adrian Sanders is married to Alison and lives in Paignton. He has had Type 1 diabetes
Diabetes mellitus type 1

Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a form of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that results in destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas....
 since 1990 and campaigns on issues relating to diabetes.

Sanders is a fan of rock music
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 and occasionally presents a Rock Show on local radio station Palm 105.5. He is also a supporter of Torquay United
Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, is an England Football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon. They play in the Conference National....
.

Political career

Sanders joined the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 in 1979 and in 1985 was elected Vice President of the . He was a Torbay
Torbay

Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth....
 Borough councillor 1984-86. From 1986-89 he lived in Hebden Bridge
Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge is a market town within the Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and lies eight miles west of Halifax, West Yorkshire and fourteen miles north east of Rochdale, at the confluence of the River Calder and Hebden Water....
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
, working for the before moving back to Paignton in 1990.

During 1992-93 Sanders worked in the office of Paddy Ashdown
Paddy Ashdown

Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, is a United Kingdom politics politician and World community diplomat....
, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, and organised the 'Beyond Westminster' Tour. He then moved to become a policy officer at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations
National Council for Voluntary Organisations

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations is the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England. NCVO works to support the voluntary and community sector and to create an environment in which an independent civil society can flourish....
 (1993-94) and then the .

Sanders stood unsuccessfully for the seat of Torbay 1992 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1992

The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party .John Major had won the Conservative Party leadership election, 1990 in November 1990 succeeding the outgoing PM Margaret Thatcher....
, but did manage to reduce the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 majority from 8,820 to 5,787. In the 1994 European Election
European Parliament election, 1994

The 1994 European Parliamentary Election was a Elections in the European Union held across the 12 European Union European Union member state in June 1994....
 he stood for the Devon and East Plymouth constituency, narrowly losing because one of the candidates, Richard Huggett
Richard Huggett

Richard John Huggett is a United Kingdom citizen noted for standing in a variety of elections using descriptions which were similar, but not identical, to those of established political parties....
, stood as a Literal Democrat and attracted 10,000 votes. This may have confused voters through unconsciously mistaking that party for Sanders' Liberal Democrat party.

In the 1997 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1997

The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. The Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory with 418 seats, the most seats the party has ever held....
 Sanders stood again in Torbay, this time successfully, defeating the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 candidate Rupert Allason
Rupert Allason

Rupert William Simon Allason is a military historian and former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Torbay in Devon, from United Kingdom general election, 1987 to United Kingdom general election, 1997....
 by a majority of 12 votes. In the 2001 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2001

The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media. There was little change at all - outside Northern Ireland - with 620 out of 641 seats remaining unchanged....
 Sanders increased his majority to 6,708, but it fell back to 2,029 at the 2005 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced Majority government of 66....
.

Following the 2001 election, Sanders was made the Liberal Democrat spokesman for Tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
, and was subsequently moved to the position of Deputy Chief Whip of the Party in Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
, which he currently holds. He is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Diabetes, sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is one of the Select Committee s of the British House of Commons, having been established in 1997....
 and is a member of the centre-left Beveridge Group
Beveridge Group

The Beveridge Group is a centre-left ginger group within the Liberal Democrats party in the UK. It was set up in 2001 by Member of Parliament Alistair Carmichael, Paul Holmes , John Barrett and John Pugh to promote debate within the party regarding public service provision....
 within the Liberal Democrats.

Sanders uses the Facebook and Myspace social networking sites to communicate with voters and others and since 2007 has produced a regular blog.

In October 2008 Sanders was nominated alongside 7 other MPs and Peers for the first Diabetes UK Parliamentarian of the Year award.

In December 2008 Sanders produced his first video cast - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qfApUdB3NjE

He was awarded the Diabetes UK 75th Anniversary Award at a ceremony in the House of Commons on Wednesday 21 January 2009.

External links

  • official site
  • Liberal Democrats website profile
  • voting record
  • profile 20 February 2007