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THE RESULTS TO
THE STUDENTS’
...continued from page 1 UNION SABBATICAL
ELECTIONS!
Here are the full results of the BIG Vote ‘06 Sabbatical elections. For three of the positions
the winner was clear after the first round - But for the position of President we had to fully
use the Transferable Vote system (Which enables people’s 2nd preferences to be taken into
account with the ballot). Hopefully the tables are pretty self explanatory - Also remember The new team represents 4 different countries, a first in Students’ Union Sabbatical team
what these guys have promised, it’s your duty to hold them to their words. history.
As well as congratulating the winners you should also all you voters out there should
congratulate yourselves - The voter turn out was bigger than last year! Over 1650 votes were Here are some words from the election winners:
cast and counted (Giving USSU’s highest ever votes-to-candidate ratio)
President
President (1466 Valid Ballots, 733 Required to win) Gregory Scott (Greg): PG Research, Surrey Space Centre
Name of Candidate Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 I want to thank everyone who helped me through the election process... whether
Transfer Total Transfer Total you spent weeks sacrificing sleep and studies to promote my campaign or 30
Mark Rodgers 300 304 Eliminated seconds at a ballot box putting a ‘1’ in a little box... I certainly couldn’t have
Gregory Scott 660 670 768 Elected made it here without you! You have selected a great sabbatical team for the 2006-
2007 academic year and I am excited to start working with them in the coming
Christopher Ward 472 474 546
months. We represent you in all aspects of student life to the University, the
R.O.N. 34 Eliminated National Union of Students, and the local community... but will only be effective
Spoilt this Stage 6 with your help and feedback throughout the year. Help us make 2006-2007 the
Non-transferable 18 1448 134 1314 best year Surrey has ever seen!

VP Education & Welfare (1286 Valid Ballots, 643 Required to win) Vice President Education & Welfare
Name of Candidate Stage 1 Gabriella Sholk (Gabby): Second Year, Psychology
Kathryn Foley 483 “Words cannot express how privileged I feel to be given the responsibility of the role of VP
Education and Welfare. After an incredibly exciting and exhausting few days of campaigning,
Gabriella Sholk 757 Elected
the results are out and no one needs to stand outside in the cold any more handing out flyers!
R.O.N. 46 Thank you to everyone who had the patients and listened to me and the other candidates
Spoilt this Stage 5 explain what we were all about. A HUGE thank you to my friends who went above and
beyond what I thought anyone would be willing to do for someone else. I’m very much
VP Societies & Culture (1334 Valid Ballots, 667 Required to win) looking forward to start working with the sabbatical team and making sure next year is one of
Name of Candidate Stage 1 the best!”

Mark Griffiths 582

Vice President Societies & Culture
Thayana De Paula 713 Elected Thayana De Paula (Thay): Second Year, Media Culture and Communications
R.O.N. 39 “I would like to say that I am extremely happy that I won the election. Thank you very much
Spoilt this Stage 7 University of Surrey for believing on me. I would like to thank God, all my team (Thales De
Paula, Peter Azen, Japheth Newman, Kavita Sedapra, Anne, Alex Dens) and Lisa Widdows. I
VP Sports & Recreation (1277 Valid Ballots, 638.5 Required to win) can not wait to start!!”

Name of Candidate Stage 1

Vice President Sports & Recreation
James Ancell 174 Nick Short (Manakin): Final Year, Management
Nick Short 734 Elected “A big thank you to Kellie and the rest of my campaign team.
Daniel Sidders 335 Everyone else, thank you for having faith in me to do not only what needs to be done, but to
R.O.N. 34 trust me with your hopes and dreams.
Spoilt this Stage 9 Sport at Surrey is more than a job or a hobby, it is a way of life.”