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York students vote to remain in NUS in wake of Malia Bouattia’s election as president

June 10, 2016 14:05
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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

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York University’s student union has voted to remain affiliated with the National Union of Students.

The SU became the sixth to vote against disaffiliation since Malia Bouattia became NUS president in April, after Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, Exeter and Worcester.

Students campaigning to stay in the NUS won by a margin of 53 to 47 per cent, with a turnout of 2,741. The referendum result cannot be challenged for the next three years.

Nearly 16 per cent of York students submitted ballots after the deadline for voting was extended by a day. The turnout was more than double the 7.6 per cent who voted in the last referendum on NUS membership at York, in 2014.

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