In this 2015 edition of the NUS Elections Report we compare this years’ sabbatical elections headline statistics with those from 2014 and 2013.

Whilst we can make comparisons on UK wide figures for previous years, we cannot make comparisons of data by level of union resource i.e. block grants. This is because 2015 is the first year we have analysed data on these terms, after feedback from members that this was preferable to using institutional mission groups as a comparison (as done in previous years).

This report is concluded with some recommendations regarding rules and regulations for the 2015/16 elections season.

Having released initial findings in July 2015, we asked more students’ unions to submit data to provide a more accurate sample, therefore the final data and averages may differ slightly.