Political fund review

UCU's ballot to retain its political fund closed at 17:00 on Wednesday 30 April 2008. Members have voted in favour of retaining the union's political fund.

72.9% of those voting voted in favour of the resolution. The turnout in the ballot was 26.8%.

The scrutineer's report is available here:  UCU political fund ballot 2008: scrutineer's report (.pdf) [74kb]

Any member can request a hard copy of this report from Catherine Wilkinson at UCU head office.

The scrutineer appointed for this ballot was Electoral Reform Services, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW. The rules under which this ballot was conducted can be found below.

Further information about what the union uses its political fund for can be found here.

 Political fund review ballot: explanatory statement (.doc) [319kb]

 Rules for a ballot to maintain a political fund (.pdf) [188kb]