Student Council Results 2024
The results of last week's Student Council are now in! In case you couldn't make it down in person, take a look at the motions that passed, and the changes that will happen to your university experience because of them, right here.
We had three motions submitted to this Student Council, these were:
- Natural (Committee) Selection: PASSED unanimously
- Remove the Colston Dolphin from the University Crest and Stop Selling Merchandise Featuring It (AMENDED): PASSED with 66% majority (please see below)
- Standing Committee Changes for the better: PASSED with 90% majority
Amendments to Motion Two
At Student Council an amendment was proposed for the motion 'Remove the Colston Dolphin from the University Crest and Stop Selling Merchandise Featuring It'.
This amendment proposed that three out of four of the motion actions should be amended and that a fifth action should be added. At Student Council, both the motion and the proposed amendment were debated, and students from the audience then proposed a couple of suggestions. These were:
- For the motion and amendment to be deferred to November's Student Council. When this was put to a vote, it did not pass.
- For the amendment to be split into four parts. When this was put to a vote it passed.
The first and fourth parts of the amendment passed, while the second and fourth did not. Students then voted on the amended motion and this passed.
You can read the amended motion right here.
Here is the breakdown:
- MOTION 2 & AMENDMENT to be deferred to November Council: Failed with 65% majority
- AMENDMENT to be broken into 4 parts: passed with 52% majority
- AMENDMENT 1: passed with 73% majority
- AMENDMENT 2: failed with 66% majority
- AMENDMENT 3: failed with 51% majority
- AMENDMENT 4: passed with 53% majority
AMENDED MOTION 2: Remove the Colston Dolphin from the University Crest and Stop Selling Merchandise Featuring It: passed with 66% majority.
Please note that the Student Council meeting was not quorate so all motions will need to be ratified at November's Student Council.
If you have any questions at all about Student Council or the motions recently passed, please email: bristolsu-democracy@bristol.ac.uk
