This week, thousands of students voted in the Union elections for your Full-Time Officers, Part-Time Officers, Student Trustees and a delegate to NUS’ Womens’ Conference. We want to give a massive thank you to everyone who participated, whether as a candidate, campaigner or as a voter.
This year’s election saw 3346 students vote, with increased turnout in particular amongst postgraduate research students, part-time students and non-EU international students.
After their election to the role of Welfare Officer, May said: "I feel really excited for the year to come. Really excited, really happy!". Becky, Activities Officer-elect said: "I'm super excited for the year ahead. I look forward to all the great things to come from Activities."
Three of this year's Full-time Officers were re-elected. Sarah, Postgraduate Education Officer said "I'm relieved! As I've been saying on the campaign trail, it takes four to six months to become a good officer and then you're off campaigning again. With an extra year, I'll be able to hit the ground running!". After their re-election, Aisling said: "I'm so grateful to everyone that voted for me, supported me, the staff and the high turnout. It's been a massive team effort and I'm incredibly privileged to be re-elected." Frida added, "I'm so grateful to be re-elected and excited to have another year. There's so much to change that I want to achieve for an inclusive Union and I'm just getting started."
NUS Women’s Conference - Aly Davie
Trustees - Sandhya Rawat, Sarah Cluskey and Clement
Women Students’ Officer - Beatrice Dale
Trans and Non-Binary Students Officer - Blaike Lennon
LGBTQ+ Officer - Luna McManus
Ethnic Minority Students Officer - Stephen Uregbula
Students with Disabilities Officer - Ilepele Mapemba
Welfare Officer - May Gabriel
Postgraduate Education - Sarah McIntosh
Activities Officer - Becky Doran
Society & Citizenship Officer - Aisling Murray
Undergraduate Education Officer - Ella Asheri
President - Frida Gustafsson
A breakdown of the results of each of the election results can be found below.
Complaints concerning the procedure of an election or the election count should be raised with the Returning Officer at returning@sussexstudent.com or the Deputy Returning Officer by Friday 30th March. You can find more details about the complaints procedure in the Election Rules and Guidelines.
Welfare Officer
Voters - 2197
Gemma Bolton - 593 May Gabriel - 560 Chris Lewis - 555 Lulah Strathearn Brady - 294 Henry Tee - 167 Re-open Nominations - 28
The quota was 1098.5. No one had met the quota so Re-open Nominations and Henry Tee were removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Gemma Bolton - 601 May Gabriel - 572 Chris Lewis - 567 Lulah Strathearn Brady - 298
The quota was now 1019. No one had met the quota so Lulah Strathearn Brady was removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Gemma Bolton - 638 May Gabriel - 614 Chris Lewis - 597
The quota was now 924.5. No one had met the quota so Chris Lewis was removed from the count and their votes transferred.
May Gabriel - 709 Gemma Bolton - 678
May Gabriel was therefore elected.
Postgraduate Education Officer
Voters - 1863
Sarah McIntosh - 767 Lewis Backon - 680 Luke Richards - 366 Re-open Nominations - 50
The quota was 931.5. No one had met the quota so Re-open Nominations and Luke Richards were removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Sarah McIntosh - 815 Lewis Backon - 707
Sarah McIntosh was therefore elected.
Activities Officer
Voters - 2498
Becky Doran - 1062 Aubrey-Jeff Moloseni - 611 Charlotte Eaton - 530 Ishrat Khan - 178 Fouad Amuni - 44 Nam Koh - 31 Re-open Nominations - 25 Angelica Ourri - 17
The quota was 1249. No one had met the quota so Angelica Ourri and Re-open Nominations were removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Becky Doran - 1063 Aubrey-Jeff Moloseni - 611 Charlotte Eaton - 532 Ishrat Khan - 180 Fouad Amuni - 45 Nam Koh - 31
The quota was now 1231. No one had met the quota so Nam Koh, Fouad Amuni and Ishrat Khan were removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Becky Doran - 1075 Aubrey-Jeff Moloseni - 630 Charlotte Eaton - 539
The quota was now 1122. No one had met the quota so Charlotte Eaton was removed from their count and their votes transferred.
Becky Doran was therefore elected.
Society & Citizenship Officer
Voters - 2432
Aisling Murray - 907 Ijlal - 566 Amie Sylva - 521 Hannah Woodin - 411 Re-open Nominations - 27
The quota was 1216. No one had met the quota so Re-open Nominations and Hannah Woodin were removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Aisling Murray - 950 Ijlal - 597 Amie Sylva - 559
The quota was now 1053. No one had met the quota so Amie Sylva was removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Aisling Murray - 1027 Ijlal - 622
Aisling Murray was therefore elected.
Undergraduate Education Officer
Voters - 2217
Ella Asheri - 828 Ellie Ferguson - 565 Rhiannon Hawkins - 479 Will Singh - 312 Re-open Nominations - 33
The quota was 1108.5. No one had met the quota so Re-open Nominations and Will Singh were removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Ella Asheri - 856 Ellie Ferguson - 578 Rhiannon Hawkins - 504
The quota was now 969. No one had met the quota so Rhiannon Hawkins was removed from the count and their votes transferred.
Ella Asheri - 962 Ellie Ferguson - 613
Ella Asheri was therefore elected.
President
2784 voters
Frida Gustafsson - 861 Duncan Michie - 556 Irati Michel - 553 Jon Munro - 494 Mick Kolesidis - 198 Jonathan Busby - 72 Nasr Muflahi - 33 Re-open Nominations - 17
The quota was 1392. No one had met the quota so Re-open Nominations, Nasr Muflahi, Jonathan Busby and Mick Kolesidis were removed and their votes transferred.
Frida Gustafsson - 918 Duncan Michie - 575 Irati Michel - 573 Jon Munro - 512
The quota was now 1289. No one had met the quota so Jon Munro was removed and their votes transferred.
Frida Gustafsson - 962 Irati Michel - 613 Duncan Michie - 591
The quota was now 1083. No one had met the quota so Duncan Michie was removed and their votes transferred.
Frida Gustafsson - 1010 Irati Michel - 678
Frida Gustafsson was therefore elected.
Ethnic Minority Students Officer
Voters - 1385
Stephen Uregbula - 789 Hein Aung Htet - 473 Madhu Rathnayaka - 74 Re-open Nominations - 49
The quota was 692.5. Stephen Uregbula had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected.
Students with Disabilities Officer
Voters - 1355
Ilepele Mapemba - 678 Callum Chapman - 645 Re-open Nominations - 32
The quota was 677.5. Ilepele Mapemba had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected.
LGBTQ+ Students Officer
Voters - 1206
Luna McManus 930 Junchang Zhu - 148 Re-open Nominations - 128
The quota was 603. Luna McManus had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected.
Trans & Non Binary Students Officer
Voters - 1050
Blaike Lennon - 936 Re-open Nominations - 114
The quota was 525. Blaike Lennon had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected.
Women Students Officer
Voters - 1558
Beatrice Dale - 1463 Re-open Nominations - 95
The quota was 779. Beatrice Dale had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected.
1297 voters
Sandhya Rawat - 806 Sarah Cluskey - 215 Re-open Nominations - 163 Clement - 113
The original quota was 324.25. Sandhya Rawat had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected and their surplus votes transferred.
Sarah Cluskey - 278 Re-open Nominations - 186 Clement - 141
The quota was now 201.67. Sarah Cluskey had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected and their surplus votes transferred.
Clement - 197 Re-open Nominations - 186
The quota was now 191.50. Clement was therefore elected.
Women's Conference (other liberation group's place)
Voters - 1092
Aly Davie - 788 Sarah Gibson - 192 Re-open Nominations - 112
The quota was 546. Aly Davie had exceeded the quota and was therefore elected.
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