Ballot result

Trade dispute between UCU and the University of Surrey concerning the failure to rule out the use of compulsory redundancies for members of staff within the UCU bargaining group as a result of the current operational review.

The ballot closed at noon on Thursday 30 April 2015. The response to the question you were balloted on is as follows:

Are you prepared to take industrial action consisting of strike action? 

Number of ballot papers returned: 117

Number voting YES: 72 (62.6%)

Number voting NO: 43 (37.4%)

Number of papers found to be invalid: 2

Are you prepared to take industrial action consisting of action short of strike action? 

Number of ballot papers returned: 117

Number voting YES: 82 (71.9%)

Number voting NO: 32 (28.1%)

Number of papers found to be invalid: 3

Turnout: 40.1%

You can view the scrutineers’ report here: www.ucu.org.uk/?mediaid=7242