SU elections 2016

A Change.org petition to bring back the financial cap on SU electoral campaigning has been gaining ground on social media following SU Results Night on Friday 11th March.  The petition, started by second year Geography student Ellen Salter, urges the Students’ Union to reinstate a financial cap with a £100 upper limit...

Ismail Sadurdeen has been elected as your new SU President for 2016-17. Ismail was declared the winner after the seventh round of counting. With 4632 votes, Ismail beat Mary McCarthy in the final round of counting. Ismail told Impact: “It’s hard to put my feelings into words, I never...

Beth Massey has been announced as the new Education Officer. 5,839 students voted for this position and 5 candidates ran. The threshold for voting was set at 2,920. After one round of voting, Beth received 3,021 votes, beating David Garner who received 1,263 votes. Beth told Impact that she was feeling “overwhelmed”....

Abel Hartman has been announced as the new Community Officer. Abel faced fierce competition from four candidates. Abel secured the position by just 6 votes that left him with “no words” after 4 rounds of voting. He added that this small number of votes translated to roughly “1/2 an...

Katie Leach has been announced as the new Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer. 6,680 students voted for this position and 5 candidates ran. After four rounds of voting, Katie received 3,351 votes, beating Rachel Hoskins, who received 1,738 votes in the final round. Katie told Impact that she was feeling “very much overwhelmed”. She said: “You don’t really know...

Matt Bramley has been announced as the new Postgraduate Officer. 5,179 students voted for this position and four candidates ran. After one round of voting, Matt received 2,723 votes, beating Rajesh who received 1,354 votes in the only round of counting. Matt told Impact that he was feeling “overwhelmed, relieved” as he “worked really hard”....

Agata Cienciala and Helen Raynor have been announced as the new Students with Disabilities Officers. With 773 votes cast in this election, Agata and Helen won after three rounds of counting beating Jack Barratt to the position by 37 votes. Beaming with joy the winners told Impact that they feel,...