Members of the National Trust have rejected the election of five candidates endorsed by the pressure group Restore Trust.
Restore Trust was set up three years ago for members concerned that the Trust’s priorities were being driven by “modish, divisive ideologies”.
A record turnout of 156,000 members voted in the Trust’s council elections at this year’s AGM held on 11 November.
Members also rejected two resolutions put forward by the Restore Trust.
Following the AGM, Zewditu Gebreyohanes, Director of Restore Trust, announced she was to step down.
Gebreyohanes said she made the decision six months ago and plans to focus on her work as a researcher at the Legatum Institute, a controversial think-tank based in London closely aligned with the Vote Leave Brexit campaign.