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."
Results
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 - Luka 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.
Results breakdown
Full-time Officers
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.
Part-time Officers
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
Luka McManus 930
Junchang Zhu - 148
Re-open Nominations - 128
The quota was 603. Luka 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.
Student Trustees
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.
NUS Conferences
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.