Incumbent Kallum Taylor faces opposition from former Vanbrugh Chair Matthew Stephenson and Thomas Banks in the battle to become the 2013/14 YUSU President.
The full candidate list, announced today, details 44 students putting themselves forward for positions on the new team, including existing Sabbatical Officers Taylor and Chris West. These figures are down from 55 candidates for last year’s elections.
The most contested positions look set to be West’s seat as Activites Officer, where he faces competition from Anna McGivern, Gabrielle James, Sebastian Odell, Sam Malone and Mihaela Nemes, as well as the Academic Officer role which also sees six candidates competing. There are no candidates for the role of Racial Equalities Officer – six positions are uncontested.
Voting opens at midday on Monday Week 8 and closes at midday on Friday Week 8, whilst campaigning is permitted from the beginning of Week 7.
Full story to follow.
The full list of candidates as follows:
YUSU President
Kallum Taylor
Matthew Stephenson
Thomas Banks
Academic Officer
Daniel Whitmore
Emma Brownbill
Jack Baker
Jason Brandwood
Matthew Kilcoyne
Nick Hall
Welfare Officer
George Offer
Jordan Lloyd
York Sport President
Cassandra Brown
George Richards
James Ashrafi-Tari
Wingchung Liu
Student Activities Officer
Anna McGivern
Chris West
Gabrielle James
Mihaela Nemes
Sam Malone
Sebastian Odell
LGBTQ Officer
Madeline Boden & Conor Roche
Disabled Students’ Officer
Alix Penn & Maddy Kirkman
Thomas Ron
Racial Equality Officer
No Candidates
Womens’ Officer
Saskia Papadakis & Josie Field
Mature Students’ Officer
Craig Hodgkinson
International Students’ Officer
Mike Anstey
Yvoni-Stefania Efstathiou
Campaigns Officer
Leon Morris
Environment & Ethics Officer
Alexandro Rizzo
Nick Devlin & Jamie Elliott
RAG Officer
Beth Campbell & Barbara Grant
Carrie Hellens & Georgie du Mello Kenyon
Kate Elliott & Beth Greenwood
Volunteering Officer
Octavia Elphick-Smith & Sanjna Shah
Senate Representative
Cadan ap Tomos
Daisy Hale
Harry Toynton
Student Trustee
Bethan Evelyn Forrest
Chris Robert
Lee Cook
Matthew Taylor
William Hornett
Union Chair
Lloyd Wallis