Executive Council members

The Unite Executive Council election for the period 2026 -2029 closed on Monday  27 April 2026; with the results declared on Tuesday 28 April 2026. The council holds office from Monday 1 May 2026 to Tuesday 30 April 2029. The list of members by industrial, regional and national equalities constituencies is as follows:

Industrial constituencies

Aerospace & Shipbuilding  Steven McGuiness & Mark Porter
Automotive Industries  Terry Butcher & Debbie Dempsey
Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Process and Textiles  Cliff Bowen
Civil Air Transport Jas Gill, Trudi Lanigan, Nigel Stott
Community Youth workers and not for profit  Tanis Belsham-Wray
Docks, Rail, Ferries & Waterways  Andy Green
Education  Emily Perdue
Energy and Utilities  Mark Jones
Engineering, Manufacturing and Steel  Ian Williams
Finance and Legal Simon Crew & Marina Gunn
Food Drink and Agriculture   Matt Gould & Amanda Antoniades 
Government, Defence, Prisons & Contractors Chris Cadman 
Graphical Paper and Media & Information Technology  Tom Murphy
Health Suzanne Abachor, Andrew Ford, Janine Lee
Local Authorities  David Cowieson & Kathy Smith
Passenger Transport  Mansoor Ahmed & Patricia Davis
Road Transport Commercial, Logistics and Retail Distribution   Jamir Forsdyke & Andy Rafferty 
Service Industries  Mark Barnes & Anne-Marie Toal
Unite Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians  Kenny Dinsdale & Stuart Grice

Regional constituencies

East Midlands  Dawn Borthwick & Adrian Sawyer
Ireland  Marie Casey & Bridie McCreesh
London and Eastern  David Agbley, Paula Brennan, Len Hockey & Jane McGuire
North East, Yorkshire and Humber  Lisa Allen & Michelle Smith
North West  Mark Bowcock & Jacqueline Wilson
Scotland  Jule Cowin & Sylvia Stewart
South East  Megan De Meo & Polly Richardson
South West  Jed Ellis & Suzanne Muna
Wales  Alison Cleaton & Kerry Owens 
West Midlands  Jacqueline Goode, Danial Taylor & Vanessa Williams


National Equalities constituencies

National Black and Asian ethnic minority seat 
Susan Matthews
National disabled members' seat  Dean Collins
National LGBT+ members' seat  John Williams
National Retired members' seat  Monica Taylor
National women's seat  Faith Coker-Jarra
National Young members' seat  Nick Troy

To contact the Executive Council please either send an email or write care of the general secretary who will forward any post received - Executive Council, c/o General Secretary, Unite the union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, London, WC1X 8TN.