Prentis re-elected


Dave Prentis has been re-elected as general secretary of the public sector union UNISON.


He received 66,155 votes (49.4%) in the ballot, over 20,000 votes more than his nearest rival, Heather Wakefield, who received 35,433 votes (26.4%).


The other two candidates were: Roger Bannister 16,853 (12.6%) and John Burgess 15,573 (11.6%).


“The next five years will be difficult ones for our union and for the UK’s public services. We need to stand up against a government set on consigning the public sector to the history books,” Prentis said.


www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2015/12/general-secretary-election-results