Outcome of 2020 Election from Schools to Senate

Voting closed on Tuesday 30 June 2020 to elect colleagues from Schools to the Senate.

The outcome of the election is as follows:

Outcome of Election from Schools to the Senate 2020
School Vacancies Candidates Outcome

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)

Valid votes: 87

Turnout: 48.3%

Three vacancies

Five candidates:

Mark Hartl

David Jenkins

Airil Yasreen Mohd Yassin

Rabee Rustum

Grant Wright

Elected:

Dr David Jenkins

Dr Airil Yasreen Mohd Yassin

Dr Rabee Rustum

School of Textiles and Design (SoTD)

Valid votes: 17

Turnout: 54.8%

One vacancy

Three candidates:

David Cavallaro

Dilip Mothiram

Maged Youssef

Elected:

Dr David Cavallaro

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS)

No election contest required		 Three vacancies

Three candidates:

Jim Cameron

Mehdi Nazarinia

Mathini Sellathurai

Elected:

Dr Jim Cameron

Dr Mehdi Nazarinia

Professor Mathini Sellathurai

School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (MACS)

No election contest required		 Five vacancies

Four candidates:

Lynne Baillie

Hani RagabHassen

Peter Ridges

Anke Wiese

Elected:

Professor Lynne Baillie

Dr Hani RagabHassen

Mr Peter Ridges

Dr Anke Wiese

School of Social Sciences (SoSS)

No election contest required		 Three vacancies

Three candidates:

Elaine Collinson

Tom Farrington

Marlene Muller

Elected:

Ms Elaine Collinson

Dr Tom Farrington

Dr Marlene Muller

Ordinance C1 governs these elections, which were conducted by an external provider, Civica Election Services (Civica), under the auspices of the Acting Secretary of the University.

Civica can confirm that, as far as reasonably practicable, every person whose name appeared on the electoral roll for the purpose of the ballot:

  1. was sent the details of the ballot and
  2. if they chose to participate in the ballot, had their vote fairly and accurately recorded.

The Single Transferable Voting System was used for these elections.

Please contact Lorna Kirkwood-Smith (Head of Corporate Governance) for any further information regarding the election.

Further details of votes cast are included below:

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)

  • Number to be elected: 3
  • Valid votes: 87
  • Quota: 21.75
  • Invalid votes: 0
Candidates 1st preferences Stage 1 Stage 2 Outcome
JENKINS, David 25 21.75 21.75 Elected
MOHD YASSIN, Airil Yasreen 22 22 22 Elected
RUSTUM, Rabee 16 16.39 21.39 Elected
HARTL, Mark 12 12.78 0.78  
WRIGHT, Grant 12 13.95 17.95  
Non‑transferable   0.13 3.13  
Totals 87 87 87  

School of Textiles and Design (SoTD)

  • Number to be elected: 1
  • Valid votes: 17
  • Quota: 8.5
  • Invalid votes: 0
Candidates 1st preferences Outcome
CAVALLARO, David 12 Elected
MOTHIRAM, Dilip 1  
YOUSSEF, Maged 4  
Non‑transferable    
Totals 17