Elections
The UCB Guild of Students is led by our elected student officers who represent the voice of the student body, making important decisions that impact your university experience.
Our elections give you the power to choose (or put yourself as) the student leaders who will guide our student community, advocate for your needs, and ensure that UCB is a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive place to study.
ANY QUESTIONS? email elections@ucbguild.co.uk
Guild 2025 Elections:
The Students Have Spoken!
As we close off the May Education PTO Byelections – we are excited to publish the results of the 2025 Guild Elections. We would like to take a moment to thank all 2,700+ students across both Election periods who voted and made their voices heard, the Guild team who worked tirelessly to support all candidates and voters from the first day of Nominations until Results Day, and the countless University College Birmingham staff who have supported the Guild in the last weeks.
Lastly, we would like to say a big thanks to all of the candidates who stepped up to represent their peers, and who showed such motivation and dedication to create change and make UCB better for all students. We see the hard work you’ve put in this week, and whether you have been elected into Office or not, we are very proud of you.
And now, without further ado, here is the new Guild Officer Team for the 2025/26 academic year:
Your new full-time Education Officer is Soham.
Your new part-time Education Officers are Lauren, and our recent by-election winner – Khushi.
Your new full-time Societies & Activities Officer is Saroj.
Your new part-time Societies & Activities Officers are Bishal and Sagar.
Your new full-time Equality & Wellbeing Officer is Kunal.
Your new part-time Equality & Wellbeing Officers are Dhruv and Harley.
Detailed Results
Like most Students’ Unions, we use Single Transferable Voting (STV) where each student can choose to rank their candidates. When the votes are counted, every student has only one vote, but it can be reassigned based on their preferences if their top choice doesn’t win. To do this, the counting takes place over several ’rounds’ as the votes are transferred, with a winner needing more than 50% of the votes remaining.
The full vote count is available below:
What happens now
After every election, the National Union of Students review the key statistics and any concerns before certifying the election. The February 2025 Officer elections have been certified by NUS, meaning that they have been confirmed as free and fair.
The Guild’s Board of Trustees then reviews the elections in detail to examine opportunities to improve in the future. The Guild Director will also present a report to the Board covering the 12 complaints that were received during this year’s election (2024: 25 complaints).
If you have feedback that you would like to share, please contact Mike (Head of Operations) on mike@ucbguild.co.uk.
Campaigning Resource Hub
All the currently available resources related to our elections, all in one place!
