UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) is the governing body of the union which is elected by its 1.3 million members to be its ruling council. All NEC seats are up for election in 2025. The members’ ballot will be open from April 21st. 55 candidates are standing in solidarity with the Time for Real Change majority on the current NEC.

• You can link through to the candidates and their statements below, searching by Regional, Service Group and National seats.

• Our NEC Election candidate list is available to download as a JPEG file or as a PDF file.

• If your branch has made a nomination, you can download our guide to publicising your branch nomination here. We also have a template communication to members for branches who made nominations.

• You can download posters in A3 or A4 size to help get the vote out!