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SHARON GRAHAM has sealed her place on the ballot paper for the Unite general secretary election, the union confirmed today.
Candidates need nominations from 175 branches to contest the election this summer. Ms Graham, who would be Unite’s first female leader if elected, reached 176 nominations late on Monday evening after she was backed in the Glasgow Hospitality hustings.
Ms Graham, one of three assistant general secretaries running, was the first candidate to pass the required threshold.
Howard Beckett, assistant general secretary for politics & legal, is also standing, as is his counterpart for manufacturing Steve Turner, who is backed by the union’s United Left.
Gerard Coyne, who was beaten by retiring leader Len McCluskey in the last leadership election in 2017, is regarded as the right-wing option.
Nominations close on June 6 and the executive council will confirm the candidates by June 10. The result of the ballot is expected on August 26.
