Marion campaigning against office closures and redundancies in Sheffield
Marion campaigning against office closures and redundancies in Sheffield

Marion Lloyd, BLN candidate for PCS president

Thank you to all the branches that have nominated me for national PCS president.

The 71 nominations for me and all Broad Left Network (BLN)-supported candidates show we have everything to play for in the elections for president, National Executive and Group Executive Committee elections.

My opponent, acting-president Martin Cavanagh, part of the current ruling ‘Left Unity’ group in the union, has won 70 nominations.

In December 2023, the desire of members for change in our union meant that I came within 800 votes of becoming general secretary, out of 20,000 votes cast.

Since the general secretary election, the BLN has been in discussion with individual PCS activists, groups including the Independent Left, and others, to agree a joint slate of candidates.

These candidates come from across the length and breadth of the UK and from across civil service departments, partner bodies and the commercial sector, to challenge the leadership grouping in the union.

So let’s get to it. Turn out a ‘yes’ vote in the strike ballot, which opened on 18 March, and turn out the vote for our candidates in the national elections. This is the team who will use any mandate to fight on pay to win. Solidarity!