Jo Grady has been re-elected general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU).
She narrowly defeated Ewan McGaughey, a professor at King’s College London, in the third round of voting under the single transferable vote system, by 7,758 votes to 7,576.
Saira Weiner, the UCU Left candidate, was the first eliminated, with 2,580 votes. She was followed by Vicky Blake, a widening participation officer at the University of Leeds, who secured 4,821 votes after two rounds.
Dr Grady, who, with 5,990, won the most first-preference votes overall, needed the second and third preferences from these eliminated candidates to get over the line, faced with a strong challenge from Professor McGaughey, the only one of the four candidates who had not held a high-ranking position in the union previously.
