Outcome of 2019 Election from Schools to Senate

Voting closed on Tuesday 28 May 2019 to elect colleagues from Schools to the Senate.

The outcome of the election is as follows:

Outcome of Elections to Senate May 2019
School	Vacancies	Candidates	Outcome
School of Social Sciences plus Edinburgh Business School Valid votes 80 Turnout: 45.7%	One vacancy	Four candidates: Linda Buchan Elaine Collinson Milind Vinod Dr Katerina Strani	Elected: Dr Katerina Strani
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Valid votes 106 Turnout: 51.0%	Seven vacancies	Nine candidates: Dr Rehan Ahmed Dr Euan Brown Dr Keith Brown Dr Ruhul Khandaker Dr Bill Macpherson Dr Mutasim Nour Dr Ali Ozel Professor Vicki Stone Dr Gill Thomson	Elected: Dr Gill Thomson Professor Vicki Stone Dr Mutasim Nour Dr Euan Brown Dr Bill Macpherson Dr Keith Brown Dr Ruhul Khandaker
School of Textiles and Design Valid votes 15 Turnout: 53.6%	Two vacancies	Four candidates: Dr Aude le Guennec Lee Miles Dilip Mothiram Dr Maged Yousse	Elected: Dr Aude le Guennec Mr Lee Miles
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society *No election contest required*	Four vacancies	Four candidates: Dr Jim Buckman Dr Hagir Hakim Dr Sandyha Patidar Dr Joanne Porter	Elected: Dr Jim Buckman Dr Hagir Hakim Dr Sandyha Patidar Dr Joanne Porter
School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences	*No vacancies in 2019, therefore no election on this occasion*

Ordinance C1 governs these elections, which were conducted by an external provider, Electoral Reform Services (ERS), under the auspices of the Secretary of the University.

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

a) was sent the details of the ballot and

b) 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 John McDermott (Clerk to the Senate) for any further information regarding the election.

Further details of votes cast are included below:

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Number to be elected: 7
Valid votes: 106
Quota: 13.25
Invalid votes: 0

Candidates	1st preferences	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6	Stage 7	Outcome
THOMSON, Gill	17	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	Elected
STONE, Vicki	16	16	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	Elected
BROWN, Euan	15	15	15	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	Elected
MACPHERSON, Bill	14	14	14	14	14	13.25	13.25	Elected
BROWN, Keith	11	11.92	12.22	12.67	13.67	13.67	13.25	Elected
NOUR, Mutasim	11	12.15	12.15	12.15	12.38	12.38	12.38	Elected
KHANDAKER, RUHUL	8	8	8.9	9.05	11.2	11.65	12.07	Elected
AHMED, Rehan	8	8.46	9.66	10.26	11.72	12.02	12.02
OZEL, Ali	6	7.15	7.45	7.9	-	-	-
Non-transferable		0.07	0.12	0.22	3.28	3.28	3.28
Totals	106	106	106	106	106	106	106

School of Textiles and Design

Number to be elected: 2
Valid votes:15
Quota: 5
Invalid votes: 0

Candidates	1st preferences	Outcome
LE GUENNEC, Aude	6	Elected
MILES, Lee	6	Elected
YOUSSEF, Maged	2
MOTHIRAM, Dilip	1
Non-transferable
Totals	15

School of Social Sciences (including EBS)

Number to be elected: 1
Valid votes: 80
Quota: 39
Invalid votes: 0

Candidates	1st preferences	Stage 2	Outcome
STRANI, Katerina	33	41	Elected
BUCHAN, Linda	18	21
VINOD, Milind	15	16
COLLINSON, Elaine	14	-
Non-transferable		2
Totals	80	80