The student elections have come to a close and the results are in.
Winners were announced at the Election Results Night on Talbot Campus.
“Around 500 students voted in the elections, which is quite a good turnout for a part-time officer elections,” said Charlotte Morris-Davis, democracy and campaigns manager at SUBU. Around 18.000 students were eligible to vote, so the voter turnout was barely 3%.
“We had a good number of candidates, particularly candidates for the Executive Committee Officer,” said Charlotte, but 13 candidates stood for the 10 available roles. The race for the executive committee turned out to be the most competitive race of the evening.
The Department Rep elections, however, suffered from a considerable lack of candidates. Of the 20 available Department Rep roles, only seven had any candidates, leaving the remaining 13 departments without representation for the time being. When asked about this lack of candidates, George Baldwin, Student Voice Manager at SUBU, said that the union would try to find a way to elect Department Reps after the elections.
Seats on all six Liberation Campaigns were filled.
“I am very encouraged by the amount of diverse students participating in these elections,” said Ade Balogun, SUBU President in a conversation with Nerve News. “I am looking forward to working with the new committee, and I am sure that they will do a great job,” he added.
Below, you will find the newly elected committee.
Executive Committee Officers:
Naomie Lebe
Sarah Chelsea Lawrence
Mohamed Hamad
Calvin McKenzie
Whitney Idowu
Georgia Hill
Ntobeko Sengwayo
Jodi Nwasike
Ann-Marie Kankam
Rowan Bratchell
Department Reps:
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics:
Georgia Hill
Department of Creative Technology:
Henry Turner Ward
Department of Computing and Informatics
El Jones
Department of Design and Engineering:
Zainab Mohammed
National Centre for Computer Animation:
Diana Pelino
Department of Psychology
Kara Liblick
Department of Social Sciences and Social Work:
Kelly Lovelock
Departments which had no Department Rep Candidates:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Department of Communication Journalism
Department of Computing and Informatics
Department of Humanities and Law
Department of Live & Environmental Science
Department of Marketing
Strategy and Innovation
Department of Media Production
Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health
Department of Midwifery and Health Sciences
Department of Nursing Science
Department of People and Organisation
Department of Rehabilitation and Sport Science
Department of Sport and Event Management
Liberation Campaigns
Asian, Arab and Ethnic Minority Officer:
Syahirah Syamsul Kairi
Asian Arab and Ethnic Minority Campaign members:
Parakh Chouhan
Amaan Yasin
Farhana Rahman
Farzana Rahman
Durga Prasad Juturu
Black Students’ Officer:
Nora Maganga
Black Students’ Campaign members:
Chiko Bwalya
Amanda Delogu
James Makanjuola
Chia Miah
Disabilities Campaign Officer:
Rebecca Hughes
Disabilities Campaign Committee:
Henry Stevens-Harris
Henry Turner Ward
For the role of the LGB+ Officer:
Tatiana Lutgens
LGB+ Campaign Committee:
Rowan Bratchell
Alexander Harris-Fry
Amanda Delogu
Jade Anthony
Durga Prasad Juturu
Trans and Non-Binary Officer:
Rowan Bratchell
Trans and Non-Binary Campaign Committee:
Amelia Hansford
Skyler-Rose Mapemba
Women’s Campaign Officer
Toluwa Atilade
Women’s Campaign Committee:
Hannah Nash
Amanda Delogu
Olga Sanina