WMUK Board election results

Summary

Year	No. of candidates	No. receiving >50%
2012	16	9
2011	8	8
2010	5	5
2009	8	8
2008	8	5

Election results 2012

(Transcluded from Annual Conference 2012 AGM Minutes)

The total number of votes cast was 61, and therefore candidates required a minimum of 31 votes to be eligible for election. The number of votes given for each candidate was as follows:

Candidate	Affirmative Votes	%	Elected
Christopher Keating	52	85%	Y (2 years)
Michael Peel	50	82%	Y (2 years)
Ashley Van Haeften	49	80%	Y (2 years)
Joscelyn Upendran	48	79%	Y (2 years)
John Byrne	46	75%	Y (1 year)
Roger Bamkin	46	75%	Y (1 year)
Doug Taylor	40	66%	Y (1 year)
Steve Virgin	38	62%	N
Saad Choudri	34	56%	N
Roshana Gammampila	27	44%	N
Katie Chan	26	43%	N
Alison Fayers-Kerr	11	18%	N
Christopher Allen	10	16%	N
Thomas Nichols	6	10%	N
Gary Hayes	2	3%	N
Junior Campbell	1	2%	N

Election results 2011

(Transcluded from Annual Conference 2011 AGM Minutes)

There were 33 votes in total in person or by proxy. Following a recount by a non-member, the teller James Farrar reported the results of the Board election.

Candidate	Affirmative Votes	%	Elected
Roger Bamkin	30	91%	Y
Martin Poulter	28	85%	Y
Andrew Turvey	26	79%	Y
Ashley Van Haeften	26	79%	Y
Chris Keating	25	76%	Y
Michael Peel	24	73%	Y
Steve Virgin	23	70%	Y
John Byrne	22	67%	N

As per the Election Rules, RB, CK, MP, MLP, AT, AVH and SV were elected as they had received the seven highest number of votes and all seven received more than 50% affirmation vote.

As Tom Dalton did not stand for re-election, he officially resigned from the Board with effect from the end of the meeting.

Election results 2010

(Transcluded from Meetings/2010 AGM/Minutes)

The tellers, James Farrar and James Humphreys, reported the results of the Board election:

There were 11 ballots received including two voting by proxy. The result was:

Candidate	Affirmative votes	Percentage	Elected
Andrew Turvey	11	100%	Y
Michael Peel	10	91%	Y
Joseph Seddon	8	72%	Y
Steve Virgin	6	55%	Y
Thomas Dalton	6	55%	Y

As per the Election Rules, all five candidates were elected as they had all received more than 50% of the vote.

Election results 2009

(Transcluded from Meetings/2009 AGM/Minutes)

The tellers, James Farrar and James Humphreys, reported the results of the Board election:

There were 22 ballots received including six voting by proxy. The result was:

Candidate	Affirmative votes	Percentage	Elected
Michael Peel	22	100%	Y
Joseph Seddon	21	95%	Y
Andrew Turvey	20	91%	Y
Thomas Holden	17	77%	Y
Paul Williams	17	77%	Y
Zeyi He	15	68%	Y
Steve Virgin	14	64%	Y
Thomas Dalton	11	50%	N

As per the Election Rules, the top seven candidates were elected as they had all received more than 50% of the vote.

Initial Board election, 2008

(Transcluded from Initial Board election results)

These are the full results of the Initial Board election of Wikimedia UKv2 September 2008

They were announced by the Election Committee in this message to the mailing list:

Candidate	Affirmative votes	Percentage	Elected
Tom Holden	24	92%	Y
Kwan Ting Chan	23	88%	Y
Andrew Turvey	19	73%	Y
Michael Conn	15	58%	Y
Mike Peel	14	54%	Y
Thomas Dalton	13	50%	N
Kate	10	38%	N
Skenmy	5	19%	N

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