Circular No.: / 16-002/BSD
Date: / 14 January 2016
To: / All Constituent Associations and Divisions – FOR INFORMATION
/ NATIONAL UNION OF TEACHERS HEADQUARTERS
Hamilton House Mabledon Place London WC1H 9BD
Telephone 020 7388 6191 Fax 020 7387 8458
www.teachers.org.uk
General Secretary Christine Blower
Deputy General Secretary Kevin Courtney
Dear Colleague
ELECTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE MEMBERS – 2016-2018
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS, BLACK MEMBER, DISABLED MEMBER and LGBT CONSTITUENCY SEATS
Monday, 11 January 2016 was the closing date for receipt of nominations in the above elections.
A full list of valid nominations received by the end of Monday, 11 January for candidates is set out in the attached sheets and on:
http://www.teachers.org.uk/your-union/elections.
Appointment of Independent Scrutineer
Electoral Reform Services, The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW has been appointed Independent Scrutineer for this election.
Election Timetable
Ballot papers will be despatched, to members in those Districts where seats are contested, on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 by the independent scrutineer. Ballot papers will be accompanied by candidates’ election statements, biographical details and photographs.
Members who do not receive a ballot paper by 2 March 2016 should be advised to contact the election ballot hotline on 020 7380 4825. They will need their membership number to hand. An article about the election, including information about the ballot hotline, will appear in the February/March edition of The Teacher magazine.
The closing date for receipt of completed ballot papers at the offices of ERS is midday on 16 March 2016.
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Any queries about the election should, in the first instance, be directed to the Business Services Department (Christine Hurley, Principal Officer, on 020 7380 4750 or Judith Hearn, PA Personnel, on 020 7380 4748).
Yours sincerely
CHRISTINE BLOWER KEVIN COURTNEY
General Secretary Deputy General Secretary
DAVID HEMINGTON
Director of Business Services
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CANDIDATES FOR THE EXECUTIVE ELECTION 2016-2018
DISTRICT 1 - CO DURHAM; CUMBRIA; DARLINGTON; NORTHUMBERLAND
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Chris Brooksbank
Furness
DISTRICT 2 – CITY OF SUNDERLAND; GATESHEAD; NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; TYNESIDE; SOUTH TYNESIDE.
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Ian Grayson
Gateshead; Newcastle upon Tyne; North Tyneside; South Tyneside
DISTRICT 3 - CITY OF YORK; HARTLEPOOL; MIDDLESBROUGH;
NORTH YORKSHIRE; REDCAR & CLEVELAND
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Barbara Regan
City of York; Middlesbrough; North Yorkshire; Stockton
DISTRICT 4 - BRADFORD; CALDERDALE; KIRKLEES; LEEDS; WAKEFIELD
Two members to be elected (uncontested)
Hazel Danson
Bradford; Kirklees; Leeds; Wakefeild
Patrick Murphy
Bradford; Wakefield; Kirklees; Leeds
DISTRICT 5 - BARNSLEY; DONCASTER; ROTHERHAM; SHEFFIELD
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Simon Murch
Barnsley; Sheffield
DISTRICT 6 - EAST RIDING; GRIMSBY; HULL; LINCOLNSHIRE; NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Ken Rustidge
Grimsby; Lincolnshire; North Lincolnshire
DISTRICT 7 - BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN; BLACKPOOL; ISLE OF MAN; LANCASHIRE; HYNDBURN & RIBBLE VALLEY
One member to be elected (contested)
Simon Jones
Blackburn with Darwen; Blackpool; Isle of Man; Rossendale
Ian Watkinson
Preston
DISTRICT 8 - BOLTON; BURY; MANCHESTER; OLDHAM; ROCHDALE; SALFORD; STOCKPORT; TAMESIDE; TRAFFORD; WIGAN
Two members to be elected (contested)
John Morgan
Manchester; Wigan
Dawn Taylor
Bury; Rochdale; Tameside; Wigan
Nick Wigmore
Bury; Manchester; Rochdale; Tameside
DISTRICT 9 - CHESHIRE EAST & CHESTER WEST & CHESTER; HALTON; KNOWSLEY; LIVERPOOL; ST HELENS; SEFTON; WARRINGTON; WIRRAL
Two members to be elected (contested)
Greg Foster
Cheshire West and Chester
Peter Glover
Liverpool; Wirral
Deborah Gwynn
Halton; Liverpool
Elizabeth Purnell
Cheshire East; Cheshire West and Chester; Halton; Warrington, Wirral
DISTRICT 10 - CITY OF DERBY; DERBYSHIRE; NOTTINGHAM CITY; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
One member to be elected (contested)
Rob Illingworth
Central Notts
Deborah Turner
Chesterfield & East Derbyshire; High Peak; Southern Derbyshire
Sheena Wheatley
Nottingham City
DISTRICT 11 - CITY OF LEICESTER; LEICESTERSHIRE; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE; RUTLAND
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Joseph Wyglendacz
City of Leicester
DISTRICT 12 - SHROPSHIRE; STAFFORDSHIRE; STOKE ON TRENT; THE WREKIN
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Linda Goodwin
Shropshire; Staffordshire; Stoke-on-Trent
DISTRICT 13 - BIRMINGHAM; COVENTRY; DUDLEY; SANDWELL; SOLIHULL; WALSALL; WOLVERHAMPTON
Two members to be elected (contested)
Jane Nellist
Birmingham
Roger King
Birmingham
Russ Bragger
Walsall
DISTRICT 14 - GLOUCESTERSHIRE; HEREFORDSHIRE; WARWICKSHIRE; WORCESTERSHIRE
One member to be elected (uncontested)
John Pemberthy
Gloucestershire; Worcestershire
DISTRICT 15 - CAMBRIDGESHIRE; NORFOLK; PETERBOROUGH; SUFFOLK
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Graham White
Cambridgeshire; Peterborough; West Suffolk
DISTRICT 16 – BEDFORD; CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE; HERTFORDSHIRE; LUTON
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Heather McKenzie
Central Bedfordshire; Hertfordshire
DISTRICT 17 - ESSEX; SOUTHEND; THURROCK
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Jerry Glazier
Colchester and North East Essex; South East Essex; Southend; Thurrock
DISTRICT 18 – BRACKNELL ; BUCKINGHAMSHIRE; MILTON KEYNES; OXFORDSHIRE; READING; SLOUGH ; WEST BERKSHIRE;
WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD; WOKINGHAM
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Gawain Little
Buckinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Reading; Wokingham & District
DISTRICT 19 - HAMPSHIRE; ISLE OF WIGHT; PORTSMOUTH; SOUTHAMPTON
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Amanda Martin
Fareham & Gosport; Isle of Wight County; Portsmouth
DISTRICT 20 - SURREY; WEST SUSSEX
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Jacqueline Baker
West Sussex
DISTRICT 21 - BRIGHTON & HOVE; EAST SUSSEX; KENT; MEDWAY
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Phillip Clarke
Brighton and Hove; Dover; Gravesham; Lewes Eastbourne & Wealden; Folkestone and District; Medway;
DISTRICT 22 - BATH, RADSTOCK & NE SOMERSET; BRISTOL; NORTH SOMERSET; SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE; SWINDON; WILTSHIRE
One member to be elected (contested)
Anne Lemon
Bath and Radstock; North Somerset; Swindon
Lisa Middle
Bristol
DISTRICT 23 - BOURNEMOUTH; DORSET; GUERNSEY; JERSEY; POOLE; SOMERSET
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Robin Head
Somerset County
DISTRICT 24 - CORNWALL & ISLES OF SCILLY; DEVON; PLYMOUTH; TORBAY
One member to be elected (contested)
Cathy Smith
Devon County; Torbay
Maggie Jones
Plymouth
DISTRICT 25 - WALES
Three members to be elected (contested)
Roberto De Benedictis
City & County of Swansea; Tawe Afon Nedd
Anne Elizabeth Davies
Caerphilly; Flintshire; Gwynedd; Rhondda Cynon Taf; City & County of Swansea; Wrexham
Neil Foden
Caerphilly; Cardiff; City & County of Swansea; Gwynedd; Flintshire; Monmouthshire; Newport; Rhondda Cynon Taf; Wrexham
Angela Jardine
Cardiff; Caerphilly; Flintshire; Gwynedd; Newport; Rhondda Cynon Taf; Wrexham
DISTRICT 26 - INNER LONDON
Two members to be elected (contested)
Jade Baker
Lewisham
Jess Edwards
Camden; Hackney; Hammersmith and Fulham; Islington; Lambeth; Westminster
Alex Kenny
Camden; East London; Hackney; Hammersmith and Fulham; Islington; Lambeth; Westminster
Kirstie Paton
Greenwich
DISTRICT 27 - OUTER LONDON
Four members to be elected (contested)
Marilyn Bater
Barking & Dagenham; Bexley; Croydon; Ealing; Havering; Hillingdon; Harrow; Havering; Hillingdon; Hounslow; Kingston upon Thames; Merton; Redbridge; Richmond upon Thames; Waltham Forest
Dominic Byrne
Barking & Dagenham; Bexley; Brent; Bromley; Croydon; Ealing; Harrow; Havering; Hillingdon; Hounslow; Kingston upon Thames; Merton; Richmond upon Thames; Redbridge; Waltham Forest
Julie Davies
Brent; Haringey
Dave Harvey
Barking & Dagenham; Bexley; Brent; Bromley; Croydon; Ealing; Harrow; Havering; Hillingdon; Hounslow; Kingston upon Thames; Merton, Richmond upon Thames; Redbridge; Sutton; Waltham Forest
Stefan Simms
Barking & Dagenham; Bexley; Brent; Croydon; Ealing; Harrow; Havering; Hounslow; Kingston upon Thames; Richmond upon Thames; Redbridge; Waltham Forest
BLACK MEMBER CONSTITUENCY
One member to be elected (contested)
Paramjeet Bhogal
Birmingham; Bradford; Ealing; Hounslow; Milton Keynes; Newcastle upon Tyne;
North Tyneside; Richmond upon Thames; Southern Derbyshire; South Tyneside;
Stockton
Paulina Blackstock
Greenwich
Sandra Hall
Barking & Dagenham; Bexley; Blackpool; Brent; Central Bedfordshire; Chesterfield & East; Derbyshire; Croydon; East London; Hackney; Hammersmith & Fulham; Hillingdon; Lewisham; Medway; Shropshire; Southwark; Waltham Forest; Westminster
Betty Joseph
Oxfordshire
Niparun Nessa
Barnsley; Bury; Central Nottinghamshire; City of Leicester; Devon County; Dover;
East Cheshire; Essex (Mid); Folkstone; High Peak; Liverpool; Nottingham City; Oldham;
Sheffield; Staffordshire; Stoke-on-Trent; Warrington; West Sussex; Wirral
Yaqub Hanif
Buckinghamshire
DISABLED MEMBER CONSTITUENCY
One member to be elected (contested)
Mandy Hudson
Barking & Dagenham; Barnsley; Bexley; Birmingham; Blackburn with Darwen; Blackpool;
Bradford; Brent; Bromley; Buckinghamshire; Bury; Central Bedfordshire; City of Leicester; Croydon; Devon County; Ealing; East London; East Riding of Yorkshire; Hackney; Hammersmith & Fulham; Harrow; Havering; Hounslow; Isle of Man; Islington; Lewisham; Medway; Milton Keynes; North Somerset; North Tyneside; Nottingham City; Oldham;
Oxfordshire; Preston; Redbridge; Richmond upon Thames; Sheffield; Shropshire; Southwark; Tawe Afon Nedd; Wakefield; Waltham Forest; West Sussex; Westminster; Wigan; Wirral
Daniel Neale
Chesterfield & East Derbyshire; City & County of Swansea; Dover; East Cheshire; Folkstone; High Peak; Liverpool; Southern Derbyshire; Staffordshire; Stoke-on-Trent;
Warrington
LGBT MEMBER CONSTITUENCY
One member to be elected (uncontested)
Annette Pryce
Barking & Dagenham; Barnsley; Bexley; Birmingham; Blackburn with Darwen;
Blackpool; Bradford; Brent; Bromley; Buckinghamshire; Bury; Central Bedfordshire; Chesterfield & East Derbyshire; City & County of Swansea; City of Leicester; Croydon;
Dover; Ealing; East Cheshire; East London; East Riding of Yorkshire; Folkstone; Hackney; Hammersmith & Fulham; Harrow; Havering; Hillingdon; Hounslow;
Isle of Man; Islington; Kirklees; Lewisham; Liverpool; Milton Keynes; North Somerset; North Tyneside; Nottingham City; Oldham; Oxfordshire; Preston; Reading; Redbridge; Richmond upon Thames; Rochdale; Sheffield; Shropshire; Southern Derbyshire; Southwark; Stockton; Stoke-on-Trent; Tawe Afon Nedd; Wakefield; Waltham Forest; West Sussex; Westminster; Wigan; Wirral
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