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Results of elections in 2003 – Dean, Editor, Council, and the Court of Electors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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Dean

The results of the ballot for the office of Dean were as follows:

Number of ballot papers despatched 9374
Number of ballot papers returned 2738
Number of invalid ballot papers 2
Number of valid ballot papers counted 2736

First stage

Dinesh Bhugra 1296
Hubert Lacey 884
Ilana Crome 556

Second stage

Dinesh Bhugra 1566
Ilana Crome
Hubert Lacey 1079
(non-transferable) 91

Professor Dinesh Bhugra was therefore elected Dean to take office from 2 July 2003.

Editor

No ballot was necessary.

Professor Peter Tyrer was elected Editor to take office from 2 July 2003.

Council - Elected Fellows and Elected Members

The results of the ballot for Elected Fellows on Council were as follows:

Number of ballot papers despatched 9402
Number of ballot papers returned 1758
Number of invalid ballot papers 5
Number of valid ballot papers counted 1753

First stage

Professor Pamela Jane Taylor 838
Professor Ilana Belle Crome 539
Dr Saroj Chhabra 376

Second stage

Professor Pamela Jane Taylor 584.34
Professor Ilana Belle Crome 734.20
Dr Saroj Chhabra 433.60

Professor Ilana Belle Crome and Professor Pamela Jane Taylor were therefore elected as Fellows on Council.

The results of the ballot for Elected Members on Council were as follows:

Number of ballot papers despatched 9402
Number of ballot papers returned 1769
Number of invalid ballot papers 9
Number of valid ballot papers counted 1760

First stage

Dr Philip Sugarman 603
Dr Kwame Julius McKenzie 549
Dr Geetha Oommen 236
Dr Balakrishnan Somasunderam 197
Dr Waquas Waheed 175

Second stage

Dr Kwame Julius McKenzie 606.00
Dr Philip Sugarman 603.00
Dr Geetha Oommen 252.00
Dr Balakrishnan Somasunderam 233.00
Dr Waquas Waheed
(Non transferable 66.00)

Dr Kwame Julius McKenzie and Dr Philip Sugarman were therefore elected as Members on Council.

Court of Electors

Number of ballot papers despatched 9402
Number of ballot papers returned 1942
Number of invalid ballot papers 4
Number of valid ballot papers counted 1938

First stage

Dr Jeremy Bolton 452
Professor John Charles Gunn 414
Professor Ramalingam Chithiramohan (Mohan) 284
Professor Ilana Belle Crome 254
Dr Kedar Nath Dwivedi 172
Dr Annie Y. H. Lau 120
Dr Morad El-Shazly 101
Dr Harish Gadhvi 74
Dr Ashokkumar G. Patel 67

Final stage

(quota for election=276.86)

Dr Jeremy Bolton 276.86
Professor Ramalingam Chithiramohan (Mohan) 276.86
Professor Ilana Belle Crome 276.86
Professor John Charles Gunn 276.86
Dr Annie Y. H. Lau 275.94
Dr Kedar Nath Dwivedi 261.18
Dr Morad El-Shazly 173.26
Dr Harish Gadhvi 42.17
Dr Ashokkumar G. Patel
(Non-transferable 78.01)

Dr Jeremy Bolton, Professor Ramalingam Chithiramohan (Mohan), Professor Ilana Belle Crome, Dr Kedar Nath Dwivedi, Professor John Charles Gunn and Dr Annie Y. H. Lau were therefore elected to fill the six vacancies on the Court of Electors.

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