Catherine Xu running for the #TRUST slate has been elected Union President for Michaelmas Term 2026 with 629 first preferences, by a margin of 159 votes over Liza Barkova. 1787 valid ballots were received.
The other runners-up were Gareth Lim Yefeng with 326 first preferences and Hamza Hussain with 144.
Harry Aldridge was elected Librarian with 880 first preferences. Claire Yun Luo was elected Treasurer with 695 first preferences. Vishnu Vadlamani was elected Secretary with 530 first preferences.
The following candidates were elected to the Standing Committee, from highest to lowest order of votes: Matteo Brunel, Ea Ventura Marty, Toby Bowes Lyon, Henry Nicholls, Saara Lunawat, Shamir Aziz.
Prior to the election, Catherine Xu told Cherwell: “The Union is way bigger than its scandals, but the perceived dysfunction keeps drowning out the good. I want to help fix that.”
In her manifesto, she proposed a new Access Membership Fund, moving procedural motions away from Thursday debates, and inviting more women speakers.
Due to over 60 Secretary’s Committee candidates, the results for this will be announced at a later stage.
This piece will be updated to include the Secretary’s Committee results when they are announced by the Union.
