Christina McAnea has today (Monday) been elected as the new general secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest union.
She replaces Dave Prentis, who is retiring after 20 years as general secretary.
Voting in the ballot was as follows (in alphabetical order):
Paul Holmes 45, 220 (33.76%)
Christina McAnea 63, 900 (47.7%)
Roger McKenzie 14, 450 (10.79%)
Hugo Pierre 10, 382 (7.75%)