Jay Dave

President

Luke McCombe

VP Academic Experience


Pravjoth Gill

VP Equity & Inclusion






Asad Khan

VP Opportunities & Community


Ashween Kaur

VP Student Voice


Officer Election: what happened?


Each year, we hold an election for all BCU students to decide who will be the next Officers to lead BCUSU. This year, we had our second highest turn-out since records began with 4,874 voters submitting 17,513 preferential votes.

Thank you for voting!

Candidates campaigned for your vote for almost two weeks across all campuses. Voting was open for just under a week and every BCU student had the opportunity to decide who they wanted to lead your Students' Union for the 2023/24 academic year.

BCUSU is a democratic organisation, we believe every decision should be made by you. Our Officer Elections ensure that:

  • BCUSU is led by a team of elected students
  • That every student has their say, every vote is counted and will be announced at Elections Results Nights
  • That the students who represent you at University Board meetings are chosen by you and based on their manifesto points



Voting results:

To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum amount of votes, known as the quota. We work out the quota based on the total number of votes cast for each position.

Every voter has one transferable vote for each position. Once the counting has finished, the candidate who has more first-choice votes than the quota is elected. If no one reaches the quota in the first round, then the least popular candidate is eliminated. People who voted for them have their vote transfered to their second favourite candidate. This process continues until a clear winner is identified.


Jump to see how voting turned out...


Students' Union President

Round 1
Jay Dave 1439
Muhammed Umar Tarique Khan 993
Pawanpreet Kaur 964
Karthikeya Nelavai 263
Re-Open Nominations 65
Round 2
Jay Dave 1441
Muhammed Umar Tarique Khan 995
Pawanpreet Kaur 964
Karthikeya Nelavai 263
Re-Open Nominations 65
Round 3
Jay Dave 1453
Muhammed Umar Tarique Khan 1001
Pawanpreet Kaur 975
Karthikeya Nelavai 263
Round 4
Jay Dave 1484
Muhammed Umar Tarique Khan 1035
Pawanpreet Kaur 975
Round 5
Jay Dave 1484
Muhammed Umar Tarique Khan 1035


VP Academic Experience

Round 1
Luke McCombe 2302
Re-Open Nominations 366
Round 2
Luke McCombe 2302
Re-Open Nominations 366


VP Equity & Inclusion

Round 1
Pravjoth Gill 1487
CJ Cooper 966
Jenny Gillies 316
Re-Open Nominations 121
Round 2
Pravjoth Gill 1487
CJ Cooper 966
Jenny Gillies 316
Re-Open Nominations 121


VP Opportunities & Community

Round 1
Asad Khan 1146
Sarabjeet Singh 855
Nathan Keseka 648
Sameera Shaik 573
Caitlin Carnegie 573
Henry Kingdon 191
Re-Open Nominations 121
Round 2
Asad Khan 1146
Sarabjeet Singh 856
Nathan Keseka 648
Caitlin Carnegie 574
Sameera Shaik 573
Henry Kingdon 191
Re-Open Nominations 121
Round 3
Asad Khan 1152
Sarabjeet Singh 863
Nathan Keseka 655
Caitlin Carnegie 587
Sameera Shaik 578
Henry Kingdon 191
Round 4
Asad Khan 1169
Sarabjeet Singh 886
Nathan Keseka 699
Caitlin Carnegie 609
Sameera Shaik 578
Round 5
Asad Khan 1197
Sarabjeet Singh 905
Nathan Keseka 699
Caitlin Carnegie 609
Round 6
Asad Khan 1229
Sarabjeet Singh 945
Nathan Keseka 699
Round 7
Asad Khan 1229
Sarabjeet Singh 945


VP Student Voice

Round 1
Ashween Kaur 1759
Khushboo Pandey 949
Husaam Amin 336
Re-Open Nominations 80
Round 2
Ashween Kaur 1759
Khushboo Pandey 949
Husaam Amin 336
Re-Open Nominations 80