Unite Election

Len McCluskey has been elected as the new leader of Unite - the UK's biggest trade union.

McCluskey received 101,000 votes - or 6.7% of Unite's 1.5 million members.

The other candidates were:


Jerry Hicks who came second with 52,000 votes (3.5%)
Les Bayliss who came third with 46,000 votes (3.0%)
Gail Cartmail, the only woman, with 39,000 votes (2.6%).

238,000 members took part in the ballot - which represents 15.8% of the 1.5 million members claimed by Unite.

Len McCluskey has been a member of the Labour Party for the past 39 years.

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