The candidates running in the 2025 Leadership Race have now been announced - check them out below.
Voting opens Monday 17 March at 9am, and will close Friday 21 March at midday.
Before voting begins, we encourage you to read through the candidate manifestos, and find out their goals and plans. Consider which issues are important to you, and get ready to make an informed vote on who you would like to see represent you for the next academic year. It’s crucial you understand what they stand for, what they plan to do, and how this could impact your university experience.
These are your candidates wanting to be your next full-time, paid Sabbatical Officers who will represent you from July 2025 - July 2026:
Students' Union President
- James Brown Scopas
- Ben Scanlan
- Xueren Lyu
- Deepali Mahesh Desai
- Sam Cao
- Mrityunjay Sharma [Jay]
- Anam Eijaz Ahmed Choudhary
- Leon McNulty
Activities and Engagement Officer
- Qingheng Xu
- Ana Boikova
- Selin Kilinc
Education Officer:
- Julia Roquette
- Juan Sebastian Rubiano Chona
- Shuyun Yan
- Lian Neha Holden
- Arabella Liu
- Kate Goodall
- Kartikey Ambulkar
- Muhammad Ali Ozain
- Jasmine Chan
- Yasmin Hanan
- Sasha Lawson
- Angela Escobar Brown
- Sarah Jilani
Equity and Inclusion Officer
- Amanda Ng
- Eda Yildirimkaya
- Nestram Rickman
- Ken Sio
Postgraduate Officer
- Seth Harris
- Indrakshi Surpatne
- Audrey Li
- Darcy Lan
- Kanishk Yashvardhan Singh Yadav
Welfare and Community Officer
- Sanurag Basu
- Maya Lohana
- Delilah Clerehugh
- Defne Yalcinkaya
- Siddhi Sharma
- Marius Bommier
- Vaishnavi Pillewar
- Hany-Alexandru Radwan-Radulescu
- Delisha Kohli
- Rachel Lim
- Hana Mougharbel
Voting Week is next week, and there's lots happening on campus to get involved with.
- Monday 17 March – Japanese Gardens, 10-4pm – WIN tickets to All Points East Festival
- Tuesday 18 March – Print Room Café, 10-4pm – WIN a brand-new coffee machine
- Wednesday 19 March – Print Room Café, 10-4pm – WIN a £200 voucher for The Hanger
- Thursday 20 March – Student Centre, 10-4pm – WIN an incredible polaroid camera
- Friday 21 March – A special ‘Switch’ up your Sabbs surprise prize over on our Instagram channel 👀
The results, revealing the new team of Officers will be announced on Friday 21 March at 19.00 in the Refrectory, make sure to get there from 18:15.