His son, Jacob Edward "Jake" Sanders (born 26 November 1968), was elected to Oxford City Council in 2000, and was a Green Party parliamentary candidate in the Oxford East constituency at the 2005 general election.
His son, Jacob Edward "Jake" Sanders (born 26 November 1968), was elected to Oxford City Council in 2000. He is the Green Party parliamentary candidate in the Oxford East constituency in the 2017 general election.