Election Complaints

Any Warwick Students' Union member may submit an election complaint if they believe that any of our rules and regulations have been breached (see below button on our policy).

Complaints will be considered by the Deputy Returning Officer.

If the complaint is about the actions of the Deputy Returning Officer, this will then be referred to the Returning Officer.

The deadline for submitting a complaint is 1pm 30/05/25.

Complaints Log

Subject of complaint Complaint details Returning officer decision
Campaigning on a personal account Candidates using personal accounts to campaign Informal warning - account remove the posts with immediate effect
Campaigning on a personal account Candidates using personal accounts to campaign Informal warning - account remove the posts with immediate effect
Campaigning on a personal account and campaigning before official start time Candidates using personal accounts to campaign Informal warning - account remove the posts with immediate effect
Negative campaigning Campaigning personally against individual candidates Students can campaign for RON - reminder to focus on policy not personal
Negative campaigning Campaigning personally against individual candidates Students can campaign for RON - reminder to focus on policy not personal and to ensure that candidates are referred to using their preferred pronouns
Library bridge campaigning University Estates asked to be removed due to their rules Informal warning - account remove the posts with immediate effect - candidates are reminded they cannot put things on Library bridge
Various posters and leaflets times 4 candidates University Estates asked to be removed due to their rules Informal warning - account remove the posts with immediate effect - candidates are advised that the Univeristy may require the removal of posters up to their discretion
Candidate reposting society post Candidate reposted a post to show an endorsement Informal warning - account remove the posts with immediate effect
Candidate taking undue credit for roll in campaign Claim that candidate was taking undue credit and claiming that changes were due to them Informal warning - reminder to candidate to positively campiagn and ensure that claims could be evidenced
Liking posts as SU representative SU representative liking posts on Instagram linked to role Either like all candidates’ posts or do not react to any posts as reacting to posts could be seen as an endorsement
Potential society endorsement A society liked a post Society emailed with a reminder not to like candidates' posts
Candidate blocking posters Candidate blocking another candidate's posters Candidate emailed with a reminder not to interfere with other candidates' campaign materials
Candidate campaigning on a personal account Candidate posted about campaign on their personal account Candidate emailed and asked to remove their post
Candidate sending emails to students Complaint about a candidate sending emails to students No decision made

Contact Us

If you need to ask any questions about the elections process, you can visit us in the Democratic Services Office on the top floor of SUHQ. Alternatively, you can contact us using the details below.

studentvoice@warwicksu.com