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Alan Sainsbury first entered politics by standing as a Liberal parliamentary candidate at Sudbury in the 1929, 1931 and 1935 general elections, before joining the Labour Party in 1945. Upon being made a life peer in 1962 he sat on the Labour benches.
The Sainsbury family also has varying political interests. Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury was originally a Liberal, but joined the Labour Party in 1945 and sat on the party benches when appointed to the House of Lords in 1962.
Tim Sainsbury stepped down from the board in 1983 to further pursue his career in politics. In 1992 his brother JD Sainsbury retired and was succeeded as chairman and chief executive by his cousin, David Sainsbury. Tesco overtook Sainsbury's to become the UK's largest supermarket chain in 1995.
The title "Baron Sainsbury" was created on 3 May 1962 for Alan Sainsbury, a member of the third generation of the supermarket Sainsbury family.He was the first member of the Sainsbury family to be raised to the peerage, and chose the territorial designation of Drury Lane in his title, as Sainsbury's first shop was opened there in 1869.
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Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, SDP; David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville Labour; John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover Conservative; Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted Conservative; Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted Conservative; Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota, [64] Labour; Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham ...