As part of our organisational reform we worked with the Home Office to write new regulations to change the way the organisation is structured and how our elections are run - these new regulations became law on 31 December 2017. The new process provides a new rank-less structure; there are no longer separate rank committees at local or national level. Find out more about the structure of the organisation.

What is the new election process?

• Members vote for workplace reps (Branch Council)
• The Branch Council vote for the Branch Board members
• Members elect the local Branch Chair
• The Branch Board elects the local Branch Secretary
• Branch Board Chair and Secretary make up the National Council
• National Council votes to elect the National Board
• Members vote to elect the National Chair
• National Board select the General Secretary
• National Board vote in remaining Principal Officers

Further information

Elections overview

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