Elections

Anneliese Dodds (Labour)

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From Anneliese Dodd’s facebook page, 3 May 2017:

Anneliese Dodds was born and brought up in Scotland and moved to the South East of England in 1996, where she has lived ever since.

Before her election as an MEP in 2014, Anneliese was a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Aston University; choosing this institution primarily because of its record on promoting access for local Black and Minority ethnic and working class students. Previous to this Anneliese was Acting Director of the National Institute for Health Research Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre at King’s College, London, and before that, an Economic and Social Research Council postgraduate fellow at the London School of Economics.

Anneliese’s research focused on what Britain can learn from other European countries to improve the safety and quality of health care, to combat social exclusion, and to make regulation more effective. She is the author of over twenty peer-reviewed articles and books. Anneliese has served as an invited Professor at universities in formerly war-torn Kosovo, where she has also been engaged in research on electricity supply- essential in a region where extreme energy poverty is normal.

In May 2014 Anneliese was elected as Labour MEP for South East England. She now sits on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and is a member of the Delegation to Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee. She is also a Substitute to the Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee. Anneliese’s position on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs means she is able to campaign for better regulation of the financial markets and making the European economy better for small and medium sized businesses.

Anneliese’s other aims as an MEP are to push for a greater focus on creating jobs and sustainable economic growth, and to fight for a higher level of investment from the EU to the South East. She would particularly like to see more funding for the most deprived areas of her constituency.

When the European Parliament is not in session, Anneliese lives in Oxford, with her partner Ed and their young son, Freddie.

If elected as MP for Oxford East Anneliese must resign her MEP position.

Anneliese is on twitter as @AnnelieseDoddsMEP. Her facebook page gives her email address as contact@anneliesedoddsmep.uk

Suzanne Bartington (Conservative)

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From Suzanne Bartington’s facebook page and her page on Witney Town Council’s website, 7 May 2017.

“I grew up in West Oxfordshire, attending Charlbury Primary School, Burford Secondary School and completing A-level studies at Abingdon and Witney College. I have lived in Witney for the past decade, after completing medical training at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and postgraduate training at Imperial College London. In my professional career I have worked in NHS hospital medicine and General Practice and am completing training to become a Public Health Consultant. I have a commitment to national and international health policy, with current research projects in Nepal and China.

Since my election as a Town Councillor in Witney East Ward in May 2015, I have engaged with residents to identify priority issues and tackle strategic challenges. My policy interests include the provision of high quality and accessible health and social care services and I am a committed advocate for sustainable development and active travel.

I am an active volunteer for Cogges Heritage Trust, and co-opted Member of Madley Park Residents’ Association. In my leisure time I enjoy outdoor pursuits including hiking and mountaineering.”

Suzanne was elected as County Councillor for Witney North & East Division on 4 May 2017.

She is on twitter as @cllrbartington and her facebook page gives her email address as cllrbartington@outlook.com.

Larry Sanders (Green)

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Edited from Larry Sanders’ page on Wikipedia, 8 May 2017

Larry Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and obtained a master’s degree in social work from the University of Oxford. He moved to the UK in 1968/69. He became a university lecturer at the University of West London, then at Oxford in the department of social administration.

Sanders was active in the Labour Party in Oxford in the 1980s but left to join the Green Party. First elected in 2005, he was a Green Party county councillor representing the East Oxford division until he retired from the Council in 2013.

His main focuses in county politics were social and health care services; he held positions on several Boards and Trusts. He resigned from the board of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in October 2005. In 2009 he became chairman of the Oxford Community School’s Board of Governors.

Sanders ran as a Green Party candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon in the 2015 general election and came in fifth place. In February 2016 he was appointed Health Spokesperson of the Green Party of England and Wales. He was selected as the Green Party candidate for the Witney by-election following David Cameron’s resignation, coming fourth in the poll. He is now standing for Oxford East in the 2017 general election.

Larry Sanders is on twitter as @Larry4OxEast.