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Make Your Vote Count in Wales

The 'Make Your Vote Count' (MYVC) campaign has been run by PCS in elections since 2007 and provides a means whereby our members can exert pressure on candidates seeking political office in relation to the union's key concerns, such as jobs, pay and privatisation, as well as playing a part in our campaign against the far right.

Make Your Vote Count

The Make Your Vote Count campaign challenges your representatives and asks them to make a stand for public services. Image: Gillian Blease.

In the 2010 general election, we contacted every candidate standing, excluding the far right, to ask them to support our five pledges. We had 59 responses, the majority of which were supportive of most or all of our pledges. In both Cardiff and Wrexham, we also invited candidates to attend a question time meeting, so that our members could grill them on the issues of concern to them, before deciding who to vote for.

Make Your Vote Count 2011

On May 5th 2011, there will be elections for the National Assembly for Wales. Sixty Assembly Members (AMs) will be elected altogether: forty in single-member constituencies and another twenty on five regional lists.

Once again, we will be putting five pledges to the candidates, which have this time been tailored to the specific circumstances of Wales. 

As well as allowing us to put the union's concerns on the devolved political agenda in Wales, the elections will also give PCS members an opportunity to express their opposition to the UK government's massive programme of public sector cuts.

By encouraging every member of PCS, as well as our friends and families, to register to vote and to take part - we can maximise our union’s influence, help to elect politicians who value and support public services, and stop the growth in electoral support for the BNP.

Find more detailed information and updates on the campaign in Wales on these pages:

For information about MYVC, please email Darren Williams - darrenw@pcs.org.uk or Siân Boyles - sianbo@pcs.org.uk or call 02920 666363.