Senior and Junior Vice-President, Treasurer and Examiners of Accounts
Date: / 17 November 2011
To: / Secretaries of Constituent Associations –FOR INFORMATION
/ NATIONAL UNION OF TEACHERS HEADQUARTERS
Hamilton House Mabledon Place London WC1H 9BD
Telephone 020 7388 6191 Fax 020 7387 8458
General Secretary Christine Blower
Deputy General Secretary Kevin Courtney
Dear Colleague
ELECTION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS : 2012-2014
SENIOR AND JUNIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND EXAMINERS OF ACCOUNTS
Voting in the elections for Senior and Junior Vice-President for 2012-2014 closed at midday Wednesday, 16 November. The following have been elected.
Senior Vice President-Beth Davies
Junior Vice President-Max Hyde
Treasurer-Ian Murch – elected unopposed
Examiners of Accounts-Judy Moorhouse and Alyson Palmer – elected unopposed
Attached is the full report of the Independent Scrutineer, Electoral Reform Services, including the Certified Election Result Sheet. Confirmation of the result will be printed in the next edition of The Teacher magazine (Jan/Feb edition) and on the Union website at Copies will also be held at each regional office and the NUT Wales Office for members to inspect.
Yours sincerely
CHRISTINE BLOWERKEVIN COURTNEY
General SecretaryDeputy General Secretary
LUCY ANDERSON
Assistant Secretary
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Christine Blower
General Secretary
National Union of Teachers
Hamilton House
Mabledon Place
LONDON WC1H 9BD
16th November 2011
Dear Ms Blower
election of senior and junior vice president, TREASURER and examiners of accounts 2012-2014
Our report of voting for the above election which closed today at noon is as follows:
Election of Senior and Junior Vice President
Number of eligible voters: / 298,449Total number of votes cast: / 35,218
Turnout: / 11.8%
Number of votes found to be invalid: / 104
Total number of valid votes to be counted: / 35,114
Result
The election was conducted using the single transferable vote electoral system, with 11,599.67 being the quota required for election. At the second stage BETH DAVIES reached the quota and is therefore 1st elected. Her surplus was then redistributed and at the 3rd stage MAX HYDE, having reached the quota, is therefore 2nd elected. The appendix details the votes cast at each stage.
The following candidates were therefore elected (in order of election):-
DAVIES, Beth
HYDE, Max
The result sheet for the election forms the Appendix to this report. It details:-
the quota required for election
each candidate’s voting figures, and
the stage at which the successful candidates were elected.
The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW
Tel: 020 8365 8909 | Fax: 020 8365 8587
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Electoral Reform Services Limited | Registered No. 2263092 | Registered Office: 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW
Election of Treasurer
IAN MURCH has been elected unopposed.
Election of Examiners of Accounts
JUDY MOORHOUSE and ALYSON PALMER have been elected unopposed.
As Scrutineers appointed in accordance with Section 49 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (as amended), we are satisfied as to each of the matters specified in subsection 52(2) with regard to the election. The following points should be noted:
a)The person appointed under section 51A to carry out the storage and counting of voting papers was Electoral Reform Services Limited.
b)The person appointed under section 51A to carry out the distribution of voting papers was Electoral Reform Services Limited.
c)A copy of the register of voters (as at the relevant date) was examined in accordance with section 49(3). The examination took place at our own instance and did not reveal any matter that should be brought to the attention of the trade union.
We would draw your attention to sections 52(4), 52(5), and 52(6). Section 52(4) requires that a copy of this report be published and made available to all members of the union within a three month period from today. This does not, however, mean that every member has to be notified individually.
Yours sincerely
Alexander K Lonie
Manager of Trade Union Sector
The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW
Tel: 020 8365 8909 | Fax: 020 8365 8587
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Electoral Reform Services Limited | Registered No. 2263092 | Registered Office: 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW
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Election for / Senior and Junior Vice PresidentDate / 11/16/2011
Number to be elected / 2
Valid votes / 35114
Invalid votes / 104
Quota / 11599.67
eSTV Reg. 54096 / 2.0.16
Election rules / ERS97
Stage / 2 / Stage / 3
First / Exclusion of / Surplus of
Candidates / Preferences / SWIFT, Anne / DAVIES, Beth
DAVIES, Beth / 9254 / 5326 / 14580 / -2980.33 / 11599.67 / First Elected
HARVEY, Philipa / 8328 / 1091 / 9419 / 1544.45 / 10963.45
HYDE, Max / 9530 / 1270 / 10800 / 1399.09 / 12199.09 / Second Elected
SWIFT, Anne / 8002 / -8002 / - / -
Non-transferable / 315 / 315 / 36.79 / 351.79
Totals / 35114 / 35114 / 35114
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