Internal elections 2015: results

Here are the results of Left Unity’s recent internal elections. See below for links to the counts.

Officers
Principal speakers: Felicity Dowling, Micheline Mason, Pete Green, Salman Shaheen
National secretary: Kate Hudson
Membership and communication officer: Simon Hardy
Nominating officer: Terry Conway
Treasurer: Andrew Burgin
Media officer: Tom Walker
Trade union officer: Oliver New

National council
Directly elected: Kerry Abel, Liz Davies, Soraya Lawrence, Kathy Lowe, Yassamine Mather, Sharon McCourt, Bianca Todd, Eve Turner, Matthew Caygill, Jack Conrad, Luke Cooper, Stephen Hall, Guy Harper, Pete McLaren, Ed Potts
Scotland: Siobhan Dancey, Matthew Jones
Wales: Len Arthur, Ann Bennett
Eastern: Marianne Cramp-Jukes
East Midlands: Liz Silver, Steve Miller
North East: vacant
West Midlands: David Trussler
Yorkshire and Humber: Kath Owen, Marc Renwick
South West: Barbara Segal, Dave Parks, Phil Pope
North West: Brigitte Lechner, James Thorne, Ali Treacher, John Tummon
South East: Anna Bluston, Corinne Hyatt, Pip Tindall, Dave Emrys, Andy Richards
London: Louise Coleman, Eleanor Firman, Rachel Godfrey Wood, Sarah McDonald, Liam Cooper, Joseph Healy, Dave Landau, Fred Leplat, Doug Thorpe

Committees
Standing orders committee: Mark Holland, Tony Mercer, Phil Pope, Roland Rance, Richard von Abendorff
Disputes committee: Chris Hurley
Appeals committee: Inbar Tamari

Counts

Click to see the single transferable vote breakdown for each position.

Officers
Principal speakers (female)
Principal speakers (male)
National secretary
Membership and communication
Nominating officer
Treasurer
Media officer
Trade union officer

National council

Directly elected: round 1, round 2, round 3

Scotland: count
Wales: count
Eastern: count
East Midlands: round 1, round 2, round 3
North East: (no election)
West Midlands: count, notes
Yorkshire and Humber: count, notes
South West: round 1, round 2, round 3
North West: count
London: round 1, round 2, round 3, notes

Committees

Standing orders: count
Disputes: count
Appeals: count, notes

Thanks to everyone who took part in the elections.



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