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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mccluskey-elected-new-unite-leader.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Len McCluskey has become the new leader of the Unite union" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-mccluskey-elected-new-unite-leader.jpg" alt="Len McCluskey has become the new leader of the Unite union"/></a></p>
<p>The country&#8217;s biggest trade union has a new leader after one of its assistant general secretaries easily beat off three rivals for the job.</p>
<p>Len McCluskey received 101,000 votes to become the next General Secretary of Unite, sources told the Press Association.</p>
<p>Jerry Hicks, a lay member of the union, came second with 52,000 votes, beating two other assistant general secretaries. Les Bayliss came third with 46,000 and Gail Cartmail came fourth with 39,000 votes.</p>
<p>Mr McCluskey, 61, is a lifelong trade union activist and has held several senior posts with Unite and the Transport and General Workers Union.</p>
<p>He will take over from Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson, who have been joint general secretaries since Unite was formed.</p>
<p>Mr McCluskey said: &#8220;I am honoured and humbled at the confidence Unite members have shown in me.</p>
<p>&#8220;My first task now will be to bring our union together and unite it in a campaign against the devastation the Government is unleashing against working people and their communities throughout the land.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ms Cartmail said she was &#8220;really pleased&#8221; with the level of support she achieved given that no faction of the union was backing her.</p>
<p>Unite is the country&#8217;s largest union with over 1.4 million members and is the biggest union affiliate to the Labour Party.</p>
<p>Turnout in the election was 16%. Mr Hicks said the low figure showed how disillusioned members were with the union.</p>
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