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Six Contested Positions – But How Many Real Contests?

So there we go. 17 candidates for ten positions, six of which are contested by more than one candidate.

Josh Hurrell will be your next Union President, Becky Lauder-Fletcher your next VP Education, Helen Crossley Head of Media and Georgia Cheyne Societies Federation President. That if none of them do anything outrageous to attract a mammoth volume of votes for RON, of course.

Of the six contested positions, how many of them are real contests?

VP Finance is over before it has even begun. Chris McKenna is either running as a joke or is on the wrong planet, with little preparation, a failure to turn up on time to media week and a quite simply ludicrous manifesto. Zak Evans, with his Rigg Rut troopers, will get in excess of 75% of the vote, I’m sure of it.

We also have a clear favourite for VP Welfare. Both Dave Tingle and Maz Haider have come in for criticism in recent days and both received less that underwhelming receptions when their names were announced in Piazza earlier. Isobel Ford should, if you were a betting man, run away with this one if, of course, her campaign is solid.

VP Democracy is by far the weakest of the ten elections. One candidate hasn’t even been to Council and the other has been criticised for his Chairing of the fortnightly body. Whoever wins this one, my early prediction is that there will be plenty to scrutinise for next year’s editorial team on The Epinal.

Athletic Union President is intriguing. Jennie Cooper is undoubtedly the on paper favourite. She swings in the BNOC circles, she’s been on AU Exec and she just maybe the first female AU Pres Loughborough has had in a decade. But Tim Jenkins is an extremely strong, substance heavy candidate. He leads one of the biggest clubs on campus extremely well and I think this is a battle that has the potential to go down to the wire.

Rag and Action also could be close contests. Four candidates who know their sections inside out. Four candidates who know each other inside out. It would not be a concern if any of them won a place on the executive and it will be incredibly interesting to see how they differ on their manifestos during The Bubble Debate for them on Tuesday.

 

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Posted by on February 17, 2013. Filed under Editorial,Elections,Featured,Jago Pearson.
  • Dave Rogers

    OK,

    Being an old bastard, I should be well over executive elections by now, but they still interest me.
    Again, back to being an old bastard, I have never met ANY of the candidates in this year’s elections and don’t know any back stories… However, I’d like to play a game – I’m going to spend 5 minutes looking at manifestos online tomorrow, and I reckon I can pick every winner. Anyone want to bet me?

    • James Spok

      So, I’m basically in the same boat, let’s both pick & email to The Epinal separately, whoever is closer can get a round in on results night …. oh, you ARE going to results night Droj

  • Adam Rae

    Not quite an old bastard like yourself but we’ll into retirement as well… £20 says you can’t guess all the successful candidates! And vice versa?

  • Sam Hampson

    Personally I wouldn’t bet against Dave’s ‘fit girls, weird looking lads’ formula. Classic prediction technique.

  • Anon

    Surely having an uncontested president position should void the whole thing?

  • Dave Rogers

    OK Gents – Predictions:

    Pres – Hurrell. As if President is uncontested, for fuck’s sake. That’s bullshit.

    VP Ed – Rebecca double-barrell (She’s pouting in her picture which has really fucking annoyed me – I’d vote R.O.N for that reason alone)

    VP Finance – Zak Sparrow (although I do like the idea of the joke candidate. First I can remember. Good lad)

    VP Dem & Comms – Hannah Chrisp (Although it’s blatently, hugely, glaringly obvious that she is the weaker candidate)

    Socfed Pres – Georgia (Although there have been some fucking mingers at the crease since the glory days of myself and Budge….. FIIIIIITT)

    VP Welfare & other stuff – Isobel (for the record, I’d vote Tingle. Good lad, experienced and trustworthy)

    AU – Really difficult one – I’m going for Cooper, simply because I believe it absolutely impossible for a member of the hockey club to win AU president. The wider world just don’t accept them. Which is fine by me, as it’s a sport for girls. So there. Saying that – ‘Ginger Joe’ (I love a regurgitated campaign) won by a fucking landslide, so we’ll wait and see

    Action – Michael Jordan. It’s just a campaign on it’s own isn’t it. Too easy

    Rag – The one with glasses

    Media – The only one that’s running and isn’t called Ron

    Good luck to everyone running. I was working the PA at Rain last night, and most of the candidate’s campaign teams didn’t even know the name of the position the nominee was running for. ‘Vote Jennie Cooper for AU Exec’ etc….. So good to see not too much has changed!