The results are in, and we can finally tell you who your new student leaders are.

3,814 candidates, 13,493 voters, 27.09% turnout

With 13,493 of you voting in our Leadership Race, this has been a record-breaking election and we've retained our crown as having the largest election at any UK university.

88.89% of RUMS Women's Hockey society members voted, giving them the highest turnout of all societies. This means they've taken the crown (and the prize money) for the second year in a row!

European and International Social and Political Studies school led on departmental voter turnout scoreboard with 48.45% of all students voting, whilst the Arts & Humanities faculty had the highest faculty turnout with 33.69% of students voting.

Want to see just how big this election was? Have a look at the voter dashboard.

Introducing your new Sabbatical Officer Team 2025-26

You can read their manifestos here:

Ana Boikova (Activities & Engagement Officer)

Sarah Jilani (Education Officer)

Eda Yildirimkaya (Equity & Inclusion Officer)

Darcy Lan (Postgraduate Officer)

Ben Scanlan (Students' Union President)

Hana Mougharbel (Welfare & Community Officer)

Your new Student Officers

Arts Officer - Ben Francis

International Officer - Vanessa Burmeister

Research Students Officer - Yiwen Cheng

Social Class & Mobility Officer - Aya Elgool

Societies Officer - Weining Pan

Sports Officer - Jim Roberts

Sustainability Officer - Oskar Barltrop and Pauline Le Gal

Volunteering Officer - Rawleka Wilson and Inara Andre

Disabled Students Officer - Danilo Paganelli

LGBQ+ Officer - Rosanna Steele Pugh

POC Officer - Aaliya Noor Ali

Women's Officer - Devi Sankhla

Student Trustees - Hammad Khaled and Rawleka Wilson

Mature, Part-Time & Carers Students' Officer - Yi Li