CWU NATIONAL DELEGATIONS – 2026 TUC Conference , Labour Party Conference, Labour Party Women’s Conference

CWU NATIONAL DELEGATIONS – 2026

• TUC CONGRESS 13^th -16^th September 2026, Brighton
• LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 27^th – 30^th September 2026, Liverpool
• LABOUR PARTY WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 26^thSeptember 2026, Liverpool

Further to LTB 127/26 dated 29^th April 2026 at the close of nominations the following have been received:

TUC 

Postal Constituency

NEC (1 Member)Rob WotherspoonBristol & District Amal*Elected

Lay Members (7 Members at least 2 delegates must be women & at least 1 delegate must be BAME)Tina HolmesLeicestershire*Elected (Woman)Adam AlarakhiaLeicestershireBALLOT REQUIREDMark BrownColchester & DistrictJohn CarsonGlasgow & District Amal Steve CrokeSouth Midlands Postal Keith HamiltonSouth Central Postal Darren JonesLeicestershire Sajid ShaikhBirmingham District Amal Tony SneddonScotland No 5 Lee Starr-ElliottBristol & District Amal Usman VarudiLeicestershire Tom WalkerNorthern Home Counties Postal 

Telecoms & Financial Services Constituency   

NEC (1 Member)Graham ColkSouth Wales, Capital, Edinburgh Dundee & Borders, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, North East,  Scotland No 1, Tyne & Wear Clerical, *Elected

Lay Members (5 Members at least 1 delegate must be a woman & least 1 delegate must be BAME)Stephen PhillipsEssex & Central Counties *ElectedJean SharrocksNorth East, Capital, Edinburgh Dundee & Borders, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, Scotland No 1, South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical, West Yorkshire *ElectedLouise ShortTyne & Wear Clerical, Capital, Edinburgh Dundee & Borders, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, North East,  Scotland No 1, South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical, West Yorkshire, *ElectedTrish VollansWest Yorkshire, Capital, Edinburgh Dundee & Borders,      Lincolnshire & South Yorks, North East, Scotland No 1, South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical, *Elected

LABOUR PARTY

Postal Constituency

NEC (1 Member)No Nominations Received

Lay Members (7 Members at least 2 delegates must be women & at least 1 delegate must be BAME)Adam AlarakhiaLeicestershire*Elected (BAME)Paul BraithwaiteNorth Lancs & CumbriaBALLOT REQUIREDHuw DaviesLondon Phoenix Hugh GaffneyGlasgow & District Amal Darren JonesLeicestershire David MullaneyBristol & District Amal Tom WalkerNorthern Home Counties Postal 

Telecoms & Financial Services Constituency   

NEC (1 Member)Sara MiahNorth Anglia, Capital, Edinburgh, Dundee & Borders, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, Mersey, North East, Scotland No 1 

South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical*Elected

Lay Members (5 Members at least 1 delegate must be a woman & at least 1 delegate must be BAME)Joyce StevensonScotland No 1, Capital, Edinburgh, Dundee & Borders, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, Mersey, North Anglia, North East, South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical, West Yorkshire*Elected

 (Woman)Craig AndersonScotland No 1, Capital, Edinburgh, Dundee & Borders,  Lincolnshire & South Yorks, Mersey, North Anglia, North East, South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical, West Yorkshire BALLOT

REQUIREDPeter FrancisCapital, Edinburgh, Dundee & Borders, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, North Anglia, North East, Mersey, Scotland No 1, South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical, West Yorkshire  Brian KennyMersey, Capital, Edinburgh, Dundee & Borders, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, North Anglia, North East, Scotland No 1, South Wales, Tyne & Wear Clerical, West Yorkshire  Stephen PhillipsEssex & Central Counties  

The ballot timetable is as follows:

Despatch ballot papers:             29^th May 2026

Ballot closes:                             12^th June 2026 (14:00)

Branches will see the dispatch of ballot papers will now take place a week later than originally notified, this is due to workload issues and has been agreed by the Emergency Committee.

Any enquiries regarding this Letter to Branches should be addressed by email to lparrett@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Dave Ward

General Secretary

LTB 155/26 – CWU NATIONAL DELEGATIONS – 2026

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