• Candidates' pack and election rules, to help candidates campaign successfully without fear of penalty
• Important information about training, which is compulsory for some positions
• Elections team information, to know who is running the Autumn Elections
• Publicity banners, which candidates may place on publicity, can be found on the bottom of the main Autumn Elections webpage
• Complaints information so you can alert the Returning Officer if someone has breached the rules of these elections

Nominations open: Monday 6 October, 12pm

Nominations close: Tuesday 14 October, 12pm

Candidate briefing: Wednesday 15 October, 12pm

Manifesto deadline: Thursday 16 October, 12pm

Manifestos published/start of campaigning: Friday 17 October, 12pm

Voting opens: Monday 20 October, 12pm

Voting closes: Thursday 23 October, 2pm

Complaints deadline: Thursday 23 October, 5pm

Results published: Friday 24 October, 5pm

Imperial College Union's elections are governed by rules that ensure fairness and accessibility while rewarding energy and enthusiasm. By nominating yourself for a role, you agree that you have read and understood all of the relevant rules and policies. 

Rules and regulations for the 2025 Autumn Elections are stated on page 9 of the candidate handbook below. You can also view more information on all positions too!

Imperial College Union offers comprehensive training for student representatives, with tailored programmes for undergraduate/postgraduate Academic and Wellbeing Reps per faculty, and Council Representatives. We ask that all Reps attend training in order to understand their position in the larger network of Reps, learn about ICU processes, meet their fellow Reps, and learn how to be successful in their role. Please check out the page here for dates.

Training for Council Representatives is compulsory. The Union Council training will be held on 28 October at 6pm, and a catch-up session will be on 30 October.

The Autumn Elections 2025 are governed by a Returning Officer who is responsible for ensuring the elections are free and fair. The Returning Officer for Autumn Elections 2024 is Annie Willmott (Interim Director of Membership Services) at Imperial College Union. The Returning Officer will make the final and binding decision on any rule breaches or complex queries raised by candidates and members.

The Returning Officer appoints a Deputy Returning Officer, a member of Imperial College Union staff, to operate the elections on a day-to-day basis, answer queries from candidates and voters, and make rulings on complaints and rule breaches. The Deputy Returning Officers are Helena Schofield (Representation Manager) and Robert Fenner (Activities Manager).

The Returning and Deputy Returning Officers can be contacted on elections@imperial.ac.uk

You can submit a complaint using our complaints form.

Submit your complaint here.

The rules of the elections will be interpreted and enforced by the Returning Officer (RO) and Deputy Returning Officers (DROs). The DRO reports updates candidates on the latest DRO rulings and interpretations of the elections rules.

Candidate briefing: Wednesday 15 October, 12pm on Teams

Meeting ID: 322 772 608 465 6

Passcode: HC7j6UQ7

CSP Candidate briefing: Wednesday 15 October, 4pm

Link will be emailed to candidates.

Please use one of the banners below for all campaigning materials.