Meet the Candidates for JCRs & PG Board 2026

Friday 21-11-2025 - 08:43

 

Nominations have closed, candidates have been briefed, and campaigning is open in our elections for positions on College JCRs and the PG Board for 2025.

 

 

Before voting opens at 10am on Tuesday 25th November, we thought you might want to find out who has put themselves forward!
 
Click on your college below to see the candidates:

 

Bowland JCR 

Here are the candidates for Bowland College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Reggie Ihedioha

President

Sonny Remmer-Riley

President

Amy Bellis

Vice President Activities

Christian Merritt

Vice President Democracy and Finance

Stephen Hubbock

Vice President Welfare and Education

Amran Abita

International Students Officer

Ellie Hall

Media and Communications Officer

Rida Subah Sadiq Mukhtar

Media and Communications Officer

Katie Norman

Socials and Events Officer

Zehra Bari

Socials and Events Officer

Angelo Hazell

Welfare Officer (Men/Non-Binary)

Simon Thompson

Welfare Officer (Men/Non-Binary)

Charlee Wood

Welfare Officer (Woman/Non-Binary)

Grace Maxim

Welfare Officer (Woman/Non-Binary)

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

Cartmel JCR

Here are the candidates for Cartmel College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Emily Smith

President

Vuyiswa Mafokosho

Lead Media & Communications Officer

James Taylor

Lead Welfare Officer

Bryan Dobrzanski

Democracy & Finance Officer

Callum Partington

Democracy & Finance Officer

Hugh Lynch

Democracy & Finance Officer

Tann Ho

Media & Communications Officer

Samuel De Marchi

Media & Communications Officer

Tyrese Madina

Media & Communications Officer

Isla Parkinson

Socials Officers

Melissa Keeble

Socials Officers

Anthony Duxbury

Sports Officer

Isabella Dos Santos

Welfare Officer

Vincent Banjo

Welfare Officer

Lerunne Letsholo

Welfare Officer

Kevin Mapanzure

Welfare Officer

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

County JCR 

Here are the candidates for County College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Charlie Moran

President

Jonathan Carboni

President

Millie Burrows

President

Prem Zukowski

President

Yasir Shahbaz

President

Luke Marwood

Vice President Democracy & Finance

Matt

Vice President Democracy & Finance

William Hall

Vice President Democracy & Finance

Reece Boddington

Vice President Welfare, Equality & Diversity

Georgia Hunt

Media and Communications Officer

Niamh Wigglesworth

Media and Communications Officer

Pavan Bhamidipati

Media and Communications Officer

Tom Ball

Men’s+ Sports Officer (reserved for self-defining man+)

Cara Davies

Socials and Events Officers

Lucy Parker

Socials and Events Officers

Emily Kynaston

Women’s+ Sports Officer (reserved for self-defining woman+)

   

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

 

Furness JCR 

Here are the candidates for Furness College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Jack Attridge

President

Lena Szafraniec

President

Theo Rice

Vice President Democracy and Finance

Oliver Beattie

Vice President Democracy and Finance

Hugh Pope

Vice President Socials and Events

Megan Ward

Vice President Socials and Events

Emily Shipley

Vice President Well-being and Campaigns

Tyanna Cartwright

Vice President Well-being and Campaigns

Alex Hall

International Student Representative Officer

Matthew Wong

International Student Representative Officer

Kayla Galbraith

Media and Communications Officer

Anderson Tang

Men's+ Representative Officer

Gabe Vandvik

Social and Events Officer

Lizzie Wilson

Social and Events Officer

Nathan Jost

Social and Events Officer

Sophie Green

Social and Events Officer

Will Greer-Waring

Social and Events Officer

Tom Gilman

Sports Officer (Men's+)

Taya Hodges

Sports Officer (Women's+)

Kacey-Leigh Mackin

Women's+ Representative

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

Fylde JCR

Here are the candidates for Fylde College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Erica Grecu

President

Shamila Giatsi

Vice President Socials and Events

Alina Qu

Vice President Welfare

Alisdair Thompson

Chair & Democracy Officer

Ann Chiang

Communications and Publicity Officer

Holly Edwards

Communications and Publicity Officer

Harper Lin

International Officer

Olive Jain

International Officer

Lucas Laurentino Constantino Laurentino

Socials Officer

Maanya Betha

Socials Officer

Eva Jones

Sports Officer

Otis Parrish-Sims

Sports Officer

Jaya Hughes

Welfare Officer

Yaqub Debbih

Welfare Officer

   

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

Graduate PG Board

Here are the candidates for Graduate College PG Board Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Finn Van Breugel

President

Sazia Arshad

International Officer

Katie Greenway

Wellbeing Officer

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

Grizedale JCR

Here are the candidates for Grizedale College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Haneef Shittu & Suhaani Hardikar

President

Oliver Casebourne

President

Connor Winter

Vice President Democracy and Finance

Will Weller

Vice President Democracy and Finance

Malina Vasiu

Vice President Media and Communications

Christian Faccioli

Vice President Socials & Events

Haider Nasser

Vice President Socials & Events

Erinna Walker-Jones

Vice President Welfare and Education

Alix Hickton

Media and Communications Officers

Emma Martin

Media and Communications Officers

Sam Griffin

Media and Technology Officer

Tobias Walker

Men’s Sports Officer (reserved for self-defining man+)

Fernando Hegenberg

Men+ Welfare Officer

Rob Bayley

Men+ Welfare Officer

Emily Smith

Social and Events Officers

Eva Samsieva

Social and Events Officers

Hayden Khan-Speak

Social and Events Officers

Sabine Medne

Social and Events Officers

Niamh Procter

Woman’s Sports Officer (reserved for self-defining woman+)

Erin Nuttall

Women+ Welfare Officer

Faith Neale

Women+ Welfare Officer

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

Lonsdale JCR

Here are the candidates for Lonsdale College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Kate Bracewell

President

Shahzaib Nawaz

President

Charlie Sedgwick

Vice-President

Ellen Fogarty

Vice-President

Eve Potter

General Secretary

Joe Ascroft

College Sports Officer (self-defining man or non-binary person)

Sanna Hutchinson

College Sports Officer (self-defining woman or nonbinary person)

Amelia Brown

Communities Officer

Eden Danskin-Lewis

Communities Officer

Ahaan Kalra

International Welfare Officer

Nishita Moorjani

International Welfare Officer

Ritwik Kaushik

International Welfare Officer

Santiago Prosser-Muguerza

Social Secretary

Ellen Pickavance

Visual Media and Communications Officer

Freddy Blofeld

Visual Media and Communications Officer

Josie Parker

Visual Media and Communications Officer

Zac Marland

Visual Media and Communications Officer

Matt Douglas

Welfare and Education Officer (Men / Non-Binary)

Omar Abutaleb

Welfare and Education Officer (Men / Non-Binary)

Ruby Brown

Welfare and Education Officer (Women / Non-Binary)

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

Pendle JCR

Here are the candidates for Pendle College JCR Executive 2026:

Name

Position

Sam Dosanjh

President

Beckie Jones

Vice President

Leo Hickman

Lead Events Officer

Chloe Oakey

Lead Media Officer

Nathan Isherwood

Lead Sports Officer

Priya Chakrabarty

Lead Sports Officer

Grace Holding

Lead Wellbeing Officer

Archie Birtwhistle

Audio-Visual Technician

Deven Bihall-Davis

Community and Inclusion Officer

Matthew Brennan

Democracy and Finance Officer

Lydia Johnston

Events Officers

Samuel Park

Events Officers

Jinny Choi

International Students' Officer

Angelina Brown-Jones

Media and Communications Officer

Ani Matthews

Media and Communications Officer

Anthony Zhou

Media and Communications Officer

Fraser Scott

Sports Officer

Hannah Nixon

Sports Officer

Niren Bihall-Davis

Welfare Officer (Men+)

Rosie Brook

Welfare Officer (Women+)

 

All candidates in LUSU elections run against Re-Open Nominations and all votes are cast using preferential ballots. 

 


 

 

 

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