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The Liverpool Guild of Students’ election results were announced at Culture Fusion on Friday evening after a week of on-campus campaigns and record voter turnout.The four Student Representative Officers elected were Sam Butler, Tom Bee, Maggie Hayes and Chidinma Nwokoro. Sam Butler, a History student and co-President of Liverpool University Drama Society, was named as President after being elected in the first round. He said “I’m very humbled and honoured that the student body have put their faith in me to lead their union.“I’m confident that with such a strong team of SROs we can make a real difference to the University of Liverpool.”

LGoS announced their record turnout on Twitter, saying “Our largest ever turnout with a whopping 5471 individual voters - that's 30% of the student population!”Seventeen candidates stood for SRO, including eleven international students, making it the most diverse election the University of Liverpool has ever seen. Michael Hoey, pro-V i c e C h a n c e l l o r f o r Internationalisation, praised the e l ec t ion a s “va l id and t ru ly representative.”It has also been regarded on campus as a fairly fought election compared with previous years. Tom Bee said “Everyone's been very friendly and amicable which is probably why the turnout was so high” and current President Maev McDaid tweeted that she was “so proud of everyone”.Ruth Brewer, current Vice President said of Culture Fusion “The talent of the students from Hope, John Moores

and Liverpool University blew me away, and only served to highlight how much students in this city have to offer.”She added “The diversity of the LGoS officer team elected next year is brilliant and I know they will all do an amazing job!”Results were also announced in the Student Trustee and NUS Delegate elections. Martin Poile and James Telfer were elected as Student Trustees. Martin thanked those who had voted in what he called a “fantastic week” and said “I'm really pleased to have been elected trustee and look forward to working with an outstanding SRO team in the year to come.”Sam van Geffen, one of the ongoing Student Trustees, said “I’m really excited about the two new student trustees as I know them both to be rigorous and dedicated individuals who care a lot about the relationship

the Guild shares with the entire student body.“I’m certainly looking forward to working with them as an effective trustee team.”The NUS Delegates, who will attend the National Conference in April, were named as Bob Sutton, current Vice President; Charlotte Nicholls, current Trustee; Emma Lynch, LGoS council member; Maggie Hayes, Vice President-elect and Harry Anderson. They will vote on national issues alongside current President Maev McDaid.Votes were cast for ten days, with candidates campaigning on campus, at halls and online. Flash mobs, posters, door knocking and flyering were just some of the tactics used to get the student vote.Officers and trustees will take up their positions over the summer ready to begin the new term in September. For the second year running LGoS joined

Liverpool Hope SU and Liverpool Students’ Union to host the elections, and over 10,000 Liverpool students voted across the city. Voters also had the option of taking a VoteMatch quiz for the first time, which ranked them against the candidates and received a positive response across campus, although some criticised the subjectivity of the questions.Culture Fusion itself saw dance societies and musical performances take over the Courtyard for a vibrant evening that finished with the University of Liverpool Big Band. LSFilm broadcast parts of the event as well as interviews with the candidates and sketches from LUDScribble, gaining over 280 viewers. Perhaps the most anticipated piece of coverage, however, was the revelation of LGoSsipgirl’s identity. The mystery blogger had been tweeting ... Continues, Page 3

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