With Andy Kerr the current Deputy General Secretary for Telecoms and Financial Services – DGS (T&FS) advising that he will not be seeking re-election in 2024 an election was to be held to elect a new person to the role and allowing a suitable hand over period. He was looking to vacate the DGS (T&FS) position immediately following CWU Annual T&FS Industrial Conference in April 2024.
An election was held and the branch was approached by Karen Rose, seeking nomination for the role of DGS (T&FS). The branch had no reservations in nominating her.
In fact there were very few branches who did not vote for her, those supporting branches included; Algus National, Bootle Financial Services, Capital, Central Counties and Thames Valley, Edinburgh, Dundee & Borders, Glasgow & Motherwell, Great Western, Greater Mersey Amal, Isle of Man, Lancs & Cumbria, Lincolnshire & South Yorks, Manchester Combined, Meridian, Mid Wales The Marches & North Staffs, Midland Counties, Midland No. 1, North Anglia, North East, North Wales & Chester Combined, Northern Ireland Telecom, Portsmouth West Sussex & IOW, Preston Brook Bury and Retail, Scotland No. 1, Somerset Devon & Cornwall, South East Anglia, South East Central, South London Surrey & North Hampshire, South Wales, South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear Clerical and West Yorkshire.
Kare Rose was elected unopposed.
