JANUARY 2021 BY-ELECTION RESULTS
The candidates have campaigned long and hard and we’re proud to announce the results of our annual election. The candidates are listed alphabetical by surname and the table shows the number of first preference votes, followed by transfers. The final count is then shown, next to the outcome.
Statistics are shown below the table of results.
The vacant positions will be filled by appointment rather than election. If you are interested in any of the positions which are listed below this table, please email sjackson.su@uca.ac.uk with a short personal statement or manifesto that explains who you are and what you’d like to do.
| NUS DELEGATE (Women’s Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Kajal Chaudhary | 8 | +1 | 9 | Knocked out in round 3 |
| Elisha Fall | 26 | +2 | 28 | Knocked out in round 5 |
| Komal Hayat | 20 | – | – | Knocked out in round 4 |
| Manpreet Kaur | 1 | – | 1 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Ripa Kor | 7 | – | 7 | Knocked out in round 2 |
| Amelia Papoulia | 37 | +6 | 43 | Elected |
| Michela Pecaku | 22 | +2 | 24 | Knocked out in round 4 |
| Re-Open Nominations | 1 | – | – | Knocked out in round 1 |
| NUS DELEGATE (Women’s Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Francis De Jasus | 32 | – | 32 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Amandeep Singh | 13 | – | 13 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Joey Yuan | 98 | – | 98 | Elected |
| Re-Open Nominations | 13 | – | 13 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Canterbury Campus Executive Officer (HE Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Alfie Armstrong | 1 | – | 1 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Amanda Francis | 9 | – | 9 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Fee Hobbs | 22 | – | 22 | Elected |
| Sharifur Rahman Khan Abir Abir Khan | 2 | – | 2 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Liang Wang | 2 | – | 2 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Re-Open Nominations | 1 | – | 1 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Epsom Campus Executive Officer (HE Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Md Bin Amin | 4 | – | 4 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Kajal Chaudhary | 4 | – | 4 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Deep Kapatel | 0 | – | 0 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Sandeep Kaur | 1 | – | 1 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Luyang Liu | 0 | – | 0 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Tirth Patel | 2 | – | 2 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Madhavi Rami | 0 | – | 0 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Mayankkumar Rohit | 0 | – | 0 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Rene Thompson | 22 | – | 22 | Elected |
| Joey Yuan | 3 | – | 3 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Re-Open Nominations | 0 | – | 0 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Epsom Campus Executive Officer (FE Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Thomas Bradford | 31 | – | 31 | Elected |
| Francis de Jesus | 8 | – | 8 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Re-Open Nominations | 0 | – | 0 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Farnham Campus Executive Officer (HE Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Elisha Fall | 4 | – | 4 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Mihaela Pecaku | 18 | – | 18 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Julia Pentz | 84 | – | 84 | Elected |
| Re-Open Nominations | 1 | – | 1 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Rochester Campus Executive Officer (HE Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Kelly Oozageer | 4 | – | 4 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Lucia Bianca Radoslav | 12 | – | 12 | Elected |
| Re-Open Nominations | 0 | – | 0 | Knocked out in round 1 |
| Rochester Campus Executive Officer (FE Place) | #1 VOTES (ROUND 1) | + TRANSFER | FINAL COUNT | STATUS |
| Oleksandr Aryku | 9 | – | 9 | Elected |
| Re-Open Nominations | 1 | – | 1 | Knocked out in round 1 |
The remaining positions for Campus Executive Officer (Canterbury FE and Farnham FE) will be appointed at a later date.
If you have a query or complaint about this vote, please email elections.su@uca.ac.uk
NUS Referendum Results
As part of this year’s by-elections, we also asked you if you believe we should disaffiliate from the National Union of Students. Below are the referendum results:
‘Yes’ votes:
50
‘No’ votes:
27
For the referendum decision to stand, at least 5% of students (329) must vote in the referendum, and in order to disaffiliate, the ‘YES’ vote must receive a two-thirds majority, or 66% of the vote.
In the event that 5% of students do not participate in the vote, the results will be voided and the referendum will be held again at a later date.
Why do we use STV?
Single Transferable Voting, wastes fewer votes – the person who votes for a less popular candidate is not ignored, their second choice is taken into account so their vote is still used even if their first preference loses. So basically, STV, gives voters more opportunities to influence the election and let’s them get their second or third preference when they can’t get their first. This means that voters do not have to vote tactically – they can just choose their favourite.
