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Image description: sitting president Muhammadu Buhari Last week, millions of Nigerians made their way from across the country to vote in the election scheduled for Saturday 16th February, only to be informed, a mere five hours before the polls were set to open, that it has been postponed by a week. This is not the first […]
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After a tense meeting on 5th February, the Oxford University Labour Club endorsed Anisha Faruk for President of the Oxford Student Union with 18 gender-weighted votes against 15 for competitor Ivy Manning. 1 vote was cast for Ellie Milne-Brown. The vote was closer than many expected, given that Anisha had served as co-chair of the […]
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Elections for the Oxford SU are now upon us. We sat down and spoke to the candidates for the top job to learn more about their platform before the hacking well and truly gets underway. Hustings will take place in the SU on 4 Worcestor Street at 17:00 on Monday 4th Feb. The event will […]
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Image Credit: Newprogressive, Mtcv, OpenStreetMap contributors The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has recently revealed its draft plans for changes to council wards in Oxfordshire. The plans come as part of a wider review of electoral boundaries across the country, which aim to ensure that all areas of the country are equally represented. The Head of […]
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Note: the article that follows is a work of satire, and therefore should not be taken as factual First year Earth Scientist and members of the Oxford Union, Samantha McGregor, Worcester College, voted in the Oxford Union in Friday’s elections based on a careful reading of the manifestos of the various candidates, and, after […]
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Labour tightened its grip on Oxford City Council after it made gains in Thursday’s City Council elections. The results mean that Labour now has 36 councillors and the Liberal Democrats have nine, whilst the Greens now have only two. Labour gained two seats from the Greens but lost another, Quarry and Risinghurst, to the Lib […]
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The 2018 Oxford City Council elections are coming up on 3rd May, which will see the election of a new councillor in each of the city’s 14 wards. We sat down with three Oxford University students running for council, to speak to them about their candidacy, their aims, and their experiences so far in the […]
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The Oxford Classics Society have decided to rerun elections for President and Social Secretary of the committee for 2018-2019. Elections were initially held on 22nd March for all committee positions, using the BallotBin online voting system. However, the following day, a post on the society’s Facebook page alerted members that the results of the election […]
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Kate Cole will be the next OUSU president, after convincingly beating opponent Vivian Holmes in a record turnout for the student union elections. With 4002 ballots cast, Cole picked up 56% of the vote compared to Holmes’ 34%. The total turnout was 4,454, which represents 19% of students and a 42% increase on last year. As Dr Jack […]
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Voting has opened in the OUSU elections for 2017/18, following a fortnight of campaigning and hustings. The two candidates for President, Kate Cole and Vivian Holmes, are running on opposing slates which endorse students for the other sabbatical positions. Cole’s slate is entitled ACTion (which stands for accountable, consistent and transparent), and includes Katy Haigh for […]
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Trinity was a busy term for Oxford’s politicos. In late April and early May, many were busy canvassing for their parties in the local elections which saw Labour gain two seats and win a total of 18 (75% of seats available). The Liberal Democrats kept their four and, with only one seat, the Greens are […]
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New College JCR rejected two presidential candidates in the recent JCR elections, allowing 2nd year physicist Will Kocur to sweep to power. It was the 2nd year in a row that New have decided to reopen nominations first time around the presidential elections, refusing to get behind the initial candidates, Annabel Lawrence – a 1st […]
Continue ReadingCovering last January’s Greek elections for The Guardian, Maria Margaronis quoted a Syriza community project organiser saying: “It’s not that the people have hope, it’s that they hope to have hope.” Now, 6 months later, over 4,000,000 people, 49% of the population, don’t even have the stomach for a trip to the polling station. After […]
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Union Librarian Stuart Webber has defeated Treasurer Zuleyka Shahin by over 600 votes in the election for Union President, results released this morning have shown. Webber’s STEP slate won all the Union’s other major officerships: Librarian, Treasurer, and Secretary. The hotly contested election saw a turnout of over 1,500 Union members, one of the highest […]
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On the surface, student elections in Jordan are very similar to those in the UK; in both countries, candidates print leaflets and banners and canvas for votes. In reality, however, the Jordanian elections are a far cry from those in Oxford. Whilst violence darkens the campuses of Jordanian Universities during student elections, Oxford currently has […]
Continue ReadingI’m not a typical Tory. I’m an engineering student from a working class immigrant family and I was raised to work hard, aim high and look out for the people in my community. Basically, I was raised to be a do-er rather than a faff-er. That’s why I spend my spare time organising access and […]
Continue ReadingThursday’s European and City Council elections are hugely important to Oxford students and I hope there will be a high turnout. There are important issues at stake in both the EU and here in Oxford, and I hope students will consider these carefully rather than treating the elections as a referendum on Westminster, whatever your […]
Continue ReadingHi, I’m Aled, a second year law student at Corpus Christi, and I’m running to be Labour Council in Holywell ward, and for me there are a number of reasons why you should vote Labour in the upcoming elections on May the 22nd. Being a student at Oxford is great, but Oxford is a city […]
Continue ReadingAlthough the Green Party – of which I’m a hugely proud member – draws together people from a vast range of issues – feminism, animal rights, ecology, social justice, gay rights, nuclear disarmament to name a few – we all have one thing in common: we will fight tooth and nail for the vulnerable, the […]
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