Sanders started work at the age of 11, eventually becoming a lecturer. He was involved in socialist politics from 1888 when he joined the Social Democratic Federation, later becoming Secretary of the Fabian Society. From 1904-1910 he was a Progressive Party alderman on the London County Council, and a member of the council's education committee. He first attempted to enter parliament for Labour at Portsmouth in 1906 and 1910 without success. During the First World War he served in Europe, attaining the rank of captain. Wikipedia article [1]
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