Election Report - St Hugh's College JCR

Election Report 

The following candidates were elected: 

A1.a The JCR President; 

Victor Greenstreet 

A1.b The JCR Vice-President; 

Annie MacIver 

A1.c The JCR Secretary; 

Jack Campbell 

A1.d The JCR Treasurer; 

Alexander Ball 

Summary 

A1.e The JCR Access and Academic Affair Officer; 

Daniel McArthur 

A1.f The JCR Female Welfare and Equal Opportunities Officer; 

Marianne de Brito 

A1.g The JCR Male Welfare and Equal Opportunities Officer; 

Joseph Williams 

A1.h The JCR Entertainments (Entz) Representative(s); 

Swati Seshadri & David Griffiths 

A1.i The JCR Charities and Communities Representative; 

Hannah Jacobs 

A1.j The JCR Environment and Ethics Representative; 

Bethea Hanson-Jones 

A1.k The JCR Sports and Societies Representative; 

Rose Alterman 

A1.l The JCR Director of Digital Operations (DODO); 

Robert Hickman 

A1.m The JCR First Year (Freshers) Representative; 

Oliver Persey 

Matthew Scroggs 

JCR Returning Officer 

jcr-returning-officer@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk 

St Hugh's JCR Election Report MT 2010 Page 1 of 6

Detailed Breakdown of Results 

A1.a 

A1.b 

A1.c 

A1.d 

The JCR President 

Present at the count: Matthew Scroggs (RO), Alex Bolton (DRO), Cameron Dobbs (DRO), 

Eleanor Brown, Michael Panayiotou 

Voting Slips Issued: 204 

Voting Slips in the Ballot Box: 207 

Turnout: 50.9% 

First Round of Counting 

Victor Greenstreet 107 

Annie Maciver 77 

RON 21 

Spoilt 2 

Victor Greenstreet has more than half the votes and so was duly elected 

The JCR Vice-President 

Present at the count: Matthew Scroggs (RO), Alex Bolton (DRO), Sylvia Kwan 

Votes cast: 257 



Astha Anand 100 

Annie MacIver 122 

RON 15 

Spoil/Abstain 20 

Annie MacIver has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR Secretary 





Jack Campbell 197 

RON 36 


Jack Campbell has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR Treasurer 





Andrew Ball 90 

David Butler 91 

RON 35 


No candidate has reached the quota. RON is eliminated. 


Second Round of Counting 

Andrew Ball 102 

David Butler 99 


Andrew Ball has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

A1.e 

A1.f 

A1.g 

A1.h 

The JCR Access and Academic Affair Officer 





Daniel McArthur 114 

Alexander Jeffery 106 

RON 6 


Daniel McArthur has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR Female Welfare and Equal Opportunities Officer 





Marianne de Brito 200 

RON 36 


Marianne de Brito has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR Male Welfare and Equal Opportunities Officer 





Joseph Williams 199 

RON 28 


Joseph Williams has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR Entertainments (Entz) Representative(s) 





Swati Seshadri & David Griffiths 112 

Frances Bryant & Estelle Cheuk 99 

Thomas Griffiths & Luis Glaeser 38 

RON 3 


No candidate has reached the quota. RON and Thomas Griffiths & Luis Glaeser are eliminated. 



Swati Seshadri & David Griffiths 130 

Frances Bryant & Estelle Cheuk 112 


Swati Seshadri & David Griffiths has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

A1.i 

A1.j 

A1.k 

The JCR Charities and Communities Representative 





Hannah Jacobs 213 

RON 16 


Hannah Jacobs has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR Environment and Ethics Representative 

Present at the count: Matthew Scroggs (RO), Alex Bolton (DRO), Sylvia Kwan, Paul Glenton 




Alex Orlek 71 

Bethea Hanson-Jones 137 

RON 15 


Bethea Hanson-Jones has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR Sports and Societies Representative 





Rose Alterman 116 

Thomas Meacher 105 

RON 18 


No candidate has reached the quota. RON is eliminated. 


Rose Alterman 121 

Thomas Meacher 109 


Rose Alterman has more than the quota and is duly elected. 


A1.l 

A1.m 

The JCR Director of Digital Operations (DODO) 





Robert Hickman 199 

RON 23 


Robert Hickman has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

The JCR First Year (Freshers) Representative 





Oliver Persey 69 

RON 13 


Oliver Persey has more than the quota and is duly elected. 

Issues & Complaints 

Voting Slips Issued ≠ Voting Slips in the Ballot Box 

In the election for position A1.a (JCR President), there were three additional ballot papers in the 

box compared to the number of slips issued. 

The reason for this is thought to be names not being crossed of, or not being crossed off clearly 

enough. Additionally, the number of additional votes was three, which, compared to the size of the 

majority in the election, is sufficiently insignificant. 

Therefore no action was taken. 

I recommend that in future, more care is taken when crossing off those that received ballot papers. 

UVC Already Used 

Five Unique Voter Codes (UVCs) appeared to have already been used when voters tried to use 

them. 

The reason for this is unknown, although it may be caused by problems with the mi-vote system. 

Some of these used UVCs are thought to have been caused by double-clicking instead of singleclicking 

on the link in the email. 

The UVCs concerned were deleted from the system and the voters were issued new codes. 

I recommend that in future, similar action is taken. 


Candidates Nominating Incorrectly 

On Sunday 14 th November, a number of candidates submitted incomplete nominations. Most 

commonly, the nominations were not supported by permission from tutors. 

The lack of permission from tutors was often due to tutor's checking their email less often at 

weekends. 

For positions where a candidate successfully nominated, candidates with incomplete nominations 

were provisionally accepted and given a deadline of midnight on Tuesday 16 th November to 

complete their nominations. It was decided to do this in order to promote competition for 

positions. For positions where no candidate successfully nominated, candidates with incomplete 

nominations were rejected, allowing nominations to be re-opened until midday on Wednesday 17 th 

November. This gave the candidates time to complete their nominations and allowed others to 

nominate in the case of nominations not being completed. 

I recommend that in future, similar action is taken. 

Posters Put Up in Disallowed Locations 

This year, we allowed candidates for President ten posters and candidates for other positions 

which were contested five posters, to be displayed in the JCR or on college notice boards. The 

posters seem to have been a good idea, and seemed to boost interest in the election. However, only 

one third of those who were entitled produced posters. A small number of posters were displayed 

in disallowed locations, such as attached to walls. 

This is thought to have been caused by a lack of awareness of the rules. 

The offending posters were removed and the candidates' allowances reduced for each poster in a 

disallowed location. 

I recommend that in future, the rules surrounding posters are made more clear and that similar 

action is taken concerning posters in disallowed locations. 

No Photos & Manifestos on the Website 

This year, candidates for posts other than president were allowed to submit a photo and a 

manifesto to be displayed on mi-vote. Several candidates did not submit a photo or manifesto. 

Candidates were told they could submit these in the Election Regulations and reminded in an 

email. 

No photos or manifestos were displayed by those candidates who did not submit them. 

I recommend that in future, this is more strongly encouraged and more reminders are sent.

Election Report - St Hugh's College JCR

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