How Voting Works

Every UWTSD student can vote in our student elections - we'll let you know when voting opens and closes on our notice of poll - which also contains a list of candidates. 

Voting Link

On the first day of voting, we send everyone an email which contains a unique voting link - do not share it with anyone else! You can also vote by going to the online voting platform and signing in with your student ID. If you haven't received a voting email or cannot sign into the website, drop an email to elections@uwtsd.ac.uk.

Single Transferable Voting

Our elections use the single transferable voting system - allowing you to rank candidates in order of your preference. You can rank as many (or as few) candidates as you want - or even vote to re-open nominations, which restarts the election process. To get elected, a candidate must have over 50% of the votes – this is known as the quota. Voting is done in rounds; if no one reaches the quota in the first round, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated, and their votes are shared between the remaining candidates based on the voter’s preference – this is repeated until a winner is declared.