"Incredible" Success for Labour Students at UMSU

In addition to the successes at mmunion we had fantastic success further down the road at the University of Manchester Students’ Union (UMSU).

Manchester Labour Students were part of “The Incredibles” campaign, led by our then Vice-Chair, Rob “Mr. Incredible” Pinfold. If you were around campus at any point during the days of polling I’m sure you would have seen many boxes, banners and posters, all the results of hours of work put in to promote the campaign, managed by the then Campaigns Officer, Mike Joslin.

Manchester Labour Students had candidates in several seats and we were successful in every seat that we had someone standing, including 3 people elected to the UMSU Executive next year: Jason Holloway (Postgraduate and Mature Students' Officer), Alex James (Humanities Faculty Officer) and of course Rob Pinfold (General Secretary).

One of our Ex-Chairs, Matt Strong, is off with Alan to work at Labour Students HQ after being elected at Labour Students Annual Conference. Matt has been an invaluable force in our club throughout his time in Manchester, this year’s UMSU electoral success has no-doubt benefitted from his experience, advice and hours of work that he has put in.

It is the best result we have had in years and it gives UMSU a real chance of change for the better, a real chance for an Incredible Students’ Union!

Success for Labour Students at Manchester Met!

Success for Labour Students at Manchester Met!

Manchester Met (mmunion) is the third largest Students’ Union in the UK and last month Labour Students stormed to victory in their Executive elections. The newly formed Labour Club already held two part-time positions on the Executive. Mature Students Officer and Club Chair, Alan Scobbie, is off to Labour Students HQ from June and he does so leaving behind Rob Boardman elected to the role of VP General Secretary. Rob will be the first Labour Students sabbatical officer at mmunion...ever! It was only four years ago that a former President of mmunion ran for NUS NEC as a candidate of Conservative Future. Manchester Labour Students have shown their commitment to building progressive values in both its redbrick heartland and the new universities.

Although mmunion lacks the political heat of the University of Manchester Students’ Union there has been a challenge from Student RESPECT in previous years. Last year RESPECT won a full time role and almost defeated incumbent sabbaticals. Following the work of Alan and Rob throughout the year a rainbow colour slate of candidates were elected without major opposition with Student RESPECT. The challenge now is for Rob and his team to breathe political activism into an apolitical environment.

With the support of Manchester Labour Students and Rob’s leadership, we are confident that mmunion will prosper into a progressive campaigning organisation in the local community and NUS.