After weeks of online and in-person campaigning and three long days of voting, 3473 students turned out to vote in this year’s Leadership Elections – a turnout of 24.3%. now, it is time for us to reveal the results!
After weeks of online and in-person campaigning and three long days of voting, 3473 students turned out to vote in this year’s Leadership Elections – a turnout of 24.3%. now, it is time for us to reveal the results!
With four full-time Sabbatical Officers, six School Reps and being elected (two of these roles will be heading to a By-Election), you cast a whopping 3473 electronic votes to select who you wanted to see lead the Students’ Union in 2025/26.
With Sharanya Sivarajah at the end of her maximum two-year term as a Sabbatical Officer, we were guaranteed a new President, and Livi-Mae Davies (current VP Wellbeing and Diversity) was successfully elected to lead the Union.
Matthew Paterson was elected as your new Vice President Education, Vaishnavi Vajja becomes VP Wellbeing & Diversity, and David Gallardo Gonzáles will assume the role of VP Societies & Sport. We would like to congratulate all of our candidates on their phenomenal campaigns which have seen them elected into their respective roles.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our candidates who stood this year – without you, there simply would be no election. A big thumbs up also to all of the campaign teams who have worked hard to support the candidates, and kept us entertained with some quirky posts and campaign videos.
The Students’ Union looks forward to welcoming the newly elected officers to the team in July, ready for a year of action and change.
ELECTED: Your new Sabbatical Officer team for 2023/24 (L to R: Livi-Mae Davies, Matthew Paterson, Vaishnavi Vajja and David Gallardo Gonzáles)
Priority 8
If you have voted in one of our previous elections, you would have noticed we asked you to do something a little different this year. We wanted you to tell us what your 8 priorities were for your new sabbatical officers and the SU to focus on this year. Check them out!
1. More affordable food options on campus
2. Reduce deadline stacking for assessments and coursework
3. More financial support for students
4. Increase social and study spaces
5. More student friendly timetables
6. Cheaper and more frequent local transport
7. Make SU events more affordable
8. Improve parking on the Egham campus
Competition Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of our student group competition, with Women's Football (80% of 85 members) securing the win in the 50+ members category, while Rowing (93.8% of 32 members) claimed the victory in the under 50 members category. Both groups will be receiving £100 into their restricted accounts.
Congratulations to Drama, Theatre and Dance - you have the highest voter turnout (38.2%) by department, winning a pizza party on us!
Check out the Stats
Sabbatical Officers
President – Livi-Mae Davies
Vice President Education – Matthew Paterson
Vice President Wellbeing & Diversity – Vaishnavi Vajja
Vice President Societies & Sport – David Gallardo Gonzáles
School Reps
Business & Management – Raaina Kumar
Engineering, Physical & Mathematical Sciences – Ramkumar Sundarakalatharan
Humanities – By-election
Law & Social Sciences – By-election
Life Sciences & the Environment – Dominika Biel
Performing & Digital Arts – Delilah Ferry-Swainson
Voting breakdown