Guild Elections

Officer Elections

Our Officer Elections are the biggest student elections in Birmingham, with thousands voting each year.

Results

Who will be successful? Tune into Officer Elections Results night on Saturday 14 March from 4pm to find out!

Results Night

Voting Stats

Voting Now Closed

Voting is now closed in the Officer Elections 2026! Here's a massive thank you to everyone who took part and voted for next year's Officer Team, who will work to lead your Guild for the year ahead.

Tune into Officer Elections Results on Saturday 14 March from 4pm to find out who will be successful!

Prize Draws

Congratulations also to our prize winners, you will be contacted in due course by the Elections Team, if you haven’t already! So please keep checking your emails! All prizes are subject to our terms and conditions.

Timeline
Roles
Documents

Officer Elections Results

Who will be successful? Tune into Officer Elections Results night on Saturday 14 March from 4pm to find out!

Instagram Live Feed

We will be sharing the results as they're announced on Instagram:

Guild TV

Guild TV will also be livestreaming the whole event:

Elections Timeline

10AM
Monday 12
January

Applications Open

4PM
Friday 13
February

Applications Close

10AM
Monday 9
March

Voting Opens

4PM
Friday 13
March

Voting Closes

Results Night: Saturday 14 March 2026.

*Notice of Campaigning Period: For the Election, the official campaigning period will align with our voting period. This is therefore notice that campaigning and all associated regulations will be in effect from 10am on Monday 9 March until 4pm on Friday 13 March.

What Roles Are Available?

There are many Officer roles for you to explore.

Full-Time Roles

Full time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student, whatever year you are in. If you aren’t a final year student, you will have to take a year out of your studies to carry out a full time Officer position:

Full-Time Officer

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Guild President

Role Information

Full-Time Officer

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Education Officer

Role Information

Full-Time Officer

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International Officer

Role Information

Full-Time Officer

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Sports Officer

Role Information

Full-Time Officer

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Postgraduate Officer

Role Information

Full-Time Officer

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Welfare & Community Officer

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Full-Time Officer

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Activities & Employability Officer

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Part-Time Roles

Part-Time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student and are carried out alongside your studies, you also will be paid for this work across the Academic Year:

Part-Time Officer

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Sustainability Officer

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Part-Time Officer

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Disabled Students' Officer

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Part-Time Officer

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LGBTQ+ Students' Officer

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Part-Time Officer

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Women's Officer

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Part-Time Officer

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Ethnic Minority Students' Officer

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Part-Time Officer

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Trans and Non-Binary Students' Officer

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Whichever role you apply for, you will be able to make positive change for students at UoB!

Applications Pack

The Applications Pack includes important elections documents (e.g. elections rules, wellbeing support), and useful resources to help you with your application and campaign.

When you apply for a role, it is really important that you follow:

All Guild elections are overseen by the Guild’s Returning Officer, who is responsible for ensuring that every election is free, fair and open. The Guild’s Returning Officer is the University’s Registrar and Secretary, who deputises their role to the NUS Deputy Returning Officer.

Complaints Form

A student or candidate wishing to submit an election complaint must do so by using this Complaint Form.

All complaints must be substantiated with evidence in support of their complaint where possible.

When you apply it is advised that as a minimum you also submit a written statement to tell everyone why they should vote for you, and a candidate photo. You can find advice on how to do this in the documents below.

Current Election

Guild Elections 2026

In this election, you will elect the 7 Full-Time Officers and 6 Part-Time Guild Officers who will lead your Guild of Students and represent you in the academic year 2026-27.

13 posts are up for election.

The polls have closed.

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