A graphic displaying the winners of the 2025 Leadership Race - Lilith Drizzle, Precious Ogbein and Leah Thompson

We'll be back for the Leadership Race By-Election in this autumn!

The Leadership Race is our annual springtime election. This is your opportunity to elect student group leaders, subject representatives and full-time Officers for the upcoming academic year.

Check the news articles for Student Group Committee results, or for candidates who were elected unopposed!

Leadership Race News

The Leadership Race 2025: Your Elected Student Leaders!
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Find out who students have elected to lead representation and student groups for 2025-26

 
The Leadership Race 2025: Elected Unopposed
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See who's already snapped up a leadership role!

 
Leadership Race By-Election Results

Find out who your Subject Reps are for the rest of the academic year!

 
Democrasaurus's Election Sweep!
Democrasaurus wearing a cartoon crown next to multicoloured test that reads YOUR WELCOME FAIR SPOOF

To get you inspired to engage with our Leadership Race By-Election, we ran a spoof election to determine who was the superior of our four 'Voice mascots'!

 
Why is the Leadership Race Important?
Why is the leadership race important

Okay, so we're all suddenly talking about elections... But why? What's the point? Let us spill the tea...

 
Can I Vote in the Leadership Race?

Are you eligible to vote - or run! - in the Leadership Race elections? Find out here!

 
What Roles are Elected in the Leadership Race?

Nominations for the Leadership Race are open! But what do each of the posts actually mean?

 
 

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I vote?

Before carrying on, you may want to check you can participate in this election.


You can then check out this article to see how to vote! 

 

What do these different roles involve?

To help you decide whether our leadership roles are for you, we've prepared a range of Role Descriptions. These documents are a snapshot of what these roles might look and feel like everyday but remember, we're a flexible organisation, and you'll likely find that you'll be involved in lots more too!


Elected Officer (Employed Role) Download the Role Description Subject Representative (Voluntary Role) Download the Role Description PGR Representative (Voluntary Role) Download the Role Description Network Leader (Voluntary Role) Download the Role Description Committee Leader (Voluntary Role) Download the Role Description
What are Students' Union elections like?

Your Students' Union has a history of friendly, competitive, and creative election campaigns run by enthusiastic candidates.

All of our elections run on four key principles, that campaigning must be Fair, Safe, Legal, and Positive.

If you choose to stand, you will be given support from the Students' Union to produce an amazing election campaign.

Contact Us

If you have any questions relating to our Leadership Race, want more information or wish to give some feedback (or just having one of those days), please contact your Student Voice Team.

Call: 01782 294629

Email: studentvoice@staffs.ac.uk

Drop in to the Students' Union Offices above Ember Lounge