Shahrar Ali

Dr Shahrar Ali was elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party UK "in Sept 2014. He is the first BME deputy of a UK parliamentary party. He entered green politics in 2002 after working in the European Parliament on the risk of GM foods. Trained as a biochemical engineer then as a philosopher, he has a PhD from UCL on the morality of lying and deception. Shahrar stood in European, London Assembly and general elections and served as London Policy coordinator."

Favourite books:

1. Under the Skin by Michael Faber

2. Russia by Jonathan Dimbleby

3. One-Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse

Shahrar is author of Why Vote Green which is published by Biteback Publishing.