Francesca Knight has been announced as the first elected JCRC Chair of the 2011/12 academic year. With Derwent College announcing their election results before anyone else at Derwent Bar this evening, Knight beat off competition from Harry Pampiglione, Harry Dorrance-King, Flavio Newcomb and Edward Scwitzer to be elected as chair.
Current Derwent Chair Matt Jenkins told Vision earlier this week that “this will probably be the closest elections we’ve had in Derwent for many years,” and so it proved when Knight beat Newcomb to first place by just 23 votes.
Beth Finnie and Lucy Hoban were elected as Vice-Chairs, seeing off competition from Louis Glassar and Lorin Bell-Cross.
On a well attended night, the closest run and one of the most contested votes was for Welfare Rep. Current Chair Matt Jenkins attempted to ramp up the tension with an “after this break” cliffhanger while announcing the new officers, and the position was eventually filled by Katy Tinman and Ben Clynes by a margin of just 18 votes over Andy Pickard and Kitty Tester.
On winning, Knight told Vision: “I feel so happy that so many people voted for me. I had no idea what the result would be, there were so many really good candidates. I’m shocked and more shocked, but just happy that it’s me and so happy that people have recognised how much I love Derwent and that I will hopefully do a really good job as Chair. I’m just so overwhelmed. My Dad’s going to be so proud!”
The newly elected Derwent Junior Common Room Committee in full:
Chair
Francesca Knight – 112 votes
Vice-Chair
Beth Finnie and Lucy Hoban – 179 votes
Eco Officer
Tom Beck – 202 votes
Secretary
Ellen Blake and Katherine Hannah – 205 votes
Welfare Officers
Katy Tinman and Ben Clynes – 120 votes
RAG Officers
Hayley Carr and Adam Seldon – 142 votes
Sponsorship Officers
Will Ingram and Dan Perry – 198 votes
Sports Officers
Phil Hammick, Marte Retzius, Will Orchard and Simon Varley – 222 votes
Volunteering Officers
Kate Bowden and Annabel Howarth – 148 votes
Merchandise Officers
Hannah Carter and Rachel Brooks – 197 votes
Ents Officers
Agatha Torrance, Charli Rose Lees, Emma Sanderson and Jonjo Lowe – 167 votes
International Welfare Officers
Anna Laming and Wim Schoenmaker -167 votes
Treasurer
Anmoli Sodha – 178 votes
Press and Publicity Officers
Daniel Drema and Sophie Alder – 174 votes
Webmaster
Hugo Brook – 172 votes