National executive

The NEU Executive comprises the National Officers, 49 Geographical members, three equality constituency members and three sector seat constituency members. 

The Executive is responsible for the governance, management and control of the Union by Rule. The Executive meets eight times per year.

Nominations for all executive seats are made by NEU districts and by workplaces (in specific circumstances as laid down in the rule) for geographical and sector seats.

All members other than associate and student members are eligible to vote in the elections for the geographical seat-holders.

In addition, members registered in the relevant employment categories (support staff, post-16 and independent) on the date the elections open (3 April) will be entitled to vote in the elections for the three-sector seat-holders.

Members who have indicated on their membership record/equality information that they are Black, disabled and/or LGBT+ by the date the elections open will be eligible to vote in the elections for the three equality seat-holders. You can update your equality data by logging onto myNEU.

Elections to the Executive and the Officer body are held biennially in alternate years. A list of all current elections is available here including details of the newly-elected Executive (2025-2027).  If you wish to know more about how candidates in these elections are nominated, please contact your district.

National Officers (2024-2025)

  • President -          Ed Harlow
  • Vice-President – Debra Beal
  • Treasurer -          Hazel Danson
  • Membership and Equalities Officer – Mairead Canavan

Executive schedule of meetings

  • 24 January 2026
  • 5 March 2026
  • 9 May 2026
  • 4 June 2026
  • 20 June 2026
  • 16 July 2026
  • 24 September 2026
  • 22 October 2026
  • 28 November 2026

Constituencies

Equality Constituencies

  • Black Member Constituency – HENRY, Denise S
  • LGBT+ Member Constituency – BARNES, Kathryn
  • Disabled Member Constituency – JOHNSON, Colleen

Sector Seat Constituencies

  • Independent Schools Constituency – METCALF, Brian
  • Post-16 Establishments Constituency – BLACKIE, Duncan
  • Support Staff Constituency – FERRABY, Rachel

Executive districts and members

England and Wales are divided into multi-seat electoral districts and Northern Ireland and Scotland form one electoral district.

City of Sunderland, City of York, Co Durham, Cumbria, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, Redcar & Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton

  • Nicola Hawkins
  • Sophie Houghton
  • Vacancy

Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield

  • Louise Lewis
  • Helen Bellamy
  • Debbie Kahler

City of Derby, City of Leicester, East Riding, Hull, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Northern Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Southern Derbyshire

  • Anna Scott
  • Louise Regan
  • Ian Walters

Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, City of Preston, East Lancashire, Fylde and Wyre, Halton, Isle of Man, Knowsley, Lancaster and Morecambe, Liverpool, Sefton, South West Lancashire, St Helens, Warrington, Wirral

  • Julie Copeland
  • Peter Glover
  • Deborah Gwynn

Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

  • Dawn Taylor
  • Nick Wigmore
  • Sarah Vaughan

Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, East Northants, Ipswich and South Suffolk, Luton, Norfolk, North East Suffolk, North Northants, Northampton, Peterborough, South West Northants, West Suffolk

  • Emma Brady
  • David Mingay
  • Ivya Scott and Bex Bothwell-O'Hearn (Job Share)

Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton

  • Christopher Denson
  • Jodie Mallier-Ridley
  • Kate Taylor

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire

  • Lucy Coleman
  • Chris Dutton
  • Leigh Seedhouse

Buckinghamshire, Central Essex, East Essex, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes, North East Essex, North West Essex, Overseas Service Children’s Education (Germany & Cyprus), South Essex, Southend, Thurrock, West Essex

  • Phillipa Kearns
  • Murray Sackwild
  • Kyproulla Lister

Brighton & Hove, East Kent, East Sussex, Hastings, Lewes, Eastbourne and Wealden, Medway, North Kent, South Kent, West Kent, West Sussex

  • Warren Chambers
  • Holly Williams
  • Liz Ritson

Bracknell Forest, Isle of Wight,  North East Hampshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, South East Hampshire, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Hampshire, Windsor & Maidenhead, Wokingham

  • Susan Kent
  • Helen Reeder
  • Dan Warrington

Bath & NE Somerset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Guernsey, Jersey, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, Torbay

  • Sheila Caffrey
  • Michaela Wilde
  • Jon Reddiford

Blaenau Gwent, Brecon, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Montgomery, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Radnor, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea,Tawe Afan Need, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham,  Ynys Mon

  • Claire Rickard
  • Elizabeth McLean
  • Hannah O'Neill

Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and the City, Wandsworth, Westminster

  • Eleanor Davies
  • Jessica Edwards
  • Carly Slingsby

Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Richmond on Thames, Sutton

  • Vacancy
  • Mat Milovanovic
  • Lucy Cox

Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge Waltham Forest

  • Mehreen Begg
  • Dominic Byrne
  • Louise Cuffaro

Scotland; Northern Ireland

  • Edel McInerney

Elections

NEU members are eligible to stand for election as officers of the Union, members of the executive or members of the annual and special conferences of the Union.

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