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BA complained about ballot papers that were sent to people who had already left and those who were in the process of leaving... These were all people who had gone or were going under the VR scheme. All within the last 6 months, most more recent .

I've seen various figure quoted for those not entitled to vote but there seems to be a consensus that it was in the region of 800 - 1000.

The membership figures of most trade unions is usually out of date because the vast majority of members pay through their wages. The Union therefore depends on the Employers to inform them of leavers, sickness etc, through their payroll process. Some employers do this monthly, others quarterly, a few even less frequently. I don't know how regular BA send returns to Unite but a balloting process that started at the end of October would have been using figures from further back than even that.

I totally agree with the expert you quoted on what is reasonable. The high court judge didn't.

The undemocratic aspect is that even if every single ballot paper that was incorrectly issued was counted as no vote, there would still be an overwhelming majority voting for industrial action.