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Contested Elections: 6 June 2013


The following elections will be contested. Candidate statements are now available on-line and will also be published in the Gazette dated 23 May. Voters may wish to wait until they have read these statements before returning their ballot papers.

Council (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Council (Non-Divisional, 3 vacancies)

Curators of the University Libraries

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Please click here to view a list of candidate statements. Alternatively, statements for individuals can be viewed by clicking on the name of the candidate.


Council (Humanities and Social Sciences)

One member of Congregation elected by Congregation from members of the faculties in the Divisions of Humanities and of Social Sciences

Current/Retiring Member

To hold office until

Dr S L Mapstone, St Hilda's

MT 2017


The following nominations have been received:

Teresa Morgan, MA PhD Camb, MA Oxf, Fellow of Oriel, Faculty of Classics

Nominated by:

A K Bowman, Principal of Brasenose, Faculty of Classics

J Michie, President of Kellogg, Department for Continuing Education

D J Morris, Provost of Oriel

R M Ballaster, Mansfield, Faculty of English Language and Literature

K J Clarke, St Hilda's, Faculty of Classics

L M McDowell, St John's, Faculty of Anthropology and Geography

L A Roper, Oriel, Faculty of History

L A Whitehead, Nuffield, Faculty of Social Studies


S J Whatmore, BA MPhil PhD Lond, MA Oxf, DSc Brist, Fellow of Keble, Faculty of Anthropology and Geography

Nominated by:

J Phillips, Warden of Keble

R W Ainsworth, Master of St Catherine's, Faculty of Engineering Science

A M S Prochaska, Principal of Somerville, Faculty of History

M J Banks, Wolfson, Faculty of Anthropology and Geography

A L Bogg, Hertford, Faculty of Law

T A O Endicott, Balliol, Faculty of Law

E J Frazer, New College, Faculties of Social Studies and of Philosophy

N Gooptu, St Antony's, Faculties of History, Oriental Studies, and of Social Studies

J D Maltby, Corpus Christi, Faculties of History and of Theology

P Tufano, Balliol, Faculty of Management


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Council (Non-Divisional)

Three members of Congregation, not necessarily being members of any division and not in any case being nominated in a divisional capacity, elected by Congregation

Current/Retiring Member

To hold office until

Mr G I Henderson, Pembroke

MT 2014

The Very Revd CA Lewis, Christ Church

MT 2016

Dr S E Thomas, Balliol

MT 2017


The following nominations have been received:

Tony Brett, MA Oxf, IT Services

Nominated by:

S J Lawson, IT Services

S J Robeson, IT Services

C M A Thomas, New College

J J Worth, Sub-Faculty of Archaeology


J G Deutsch, MA Hannover, PhD London, Fellow of St Cross, Faculty of History

Nominated by:

M O MacMillan, Warden of St Antony's, Faculties of History and of Social Studies

M E P Jones, Master of St Cross

N C Bamforth, Queen's, Faculty of Law

S C Cooper, St Catherine's, Faculty of Physics

J G Darwin, Nuffield, Faculty of History

A S Goudie, St Cross, St Cross College

B Harriss-White, Wolfson, Faculty of Social Studies

D N J MacCulloch, St Cross, Faculties of History and of Theology

A R Mustapha, St Antony's, Faculty of Social Studies

J C L Tseng, St Edmund Hall, Faculty of Physics


H R Dorkins, BM BCh MA Oxf, MSc Lond, Fellow of St Peter's, Faculty of Physiological Sciences

Nominated by:

R W Ainsworth, Master of St Catherine's, Faculty of Engineering Science

M D Damazer, Master of St Peter's

A M Buchan, Corpus Christi, Faculty of Clinical Medicine

M G Moloney, St Peter's, Faculty of Chemistry

A B Zavatsky, St Edmund Hall, Faculty of Engineering Science


James P Hall, BA Reading, IT Services

Nominated by:

C R Beadle, IT Services

S B Colling, IT Services

L C Covill, IT Services

S M Passmore, IT Services


Ashok I Handa, MB BS Lond, MA status Oxf, Fellow of St Catherine's, Faculty of Clinical Medicine

Nominated by:

R W Ainsworth, Master of St Catherine's, Faculty of Engineering Science

A M Buchan, Corpus Christi, Faculty of Clinical Medicine

S C Cooper, St Catherine's, Faculty of Physics

F C Hamdy, Balliol, Faculty of Clinical Medicine

C P Thompson, St Catherine's, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages


Frances Lannon, MA DPhil Oxf, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Faculty of History

Nominated by:

P A Madden, Provost of Queen's, University Offices

T D Gardam, Principal of St Anne's, Faculty of English Language and Literature

S M Forbes, Principal of St Hilda's

N C Bamforth, Queen's, Faculty of Law

H Barr, Lady Margaret Hall, Faculty of English Language and Literature

A Braun, Lady Margaret Hall, Faculty of Law

S C Cooper, St Catherine's, Faculty of Physics

E J Smith, Hertford, Faculty of English Language and Literature

R F Sommers, Lady Margaret Hall

M F Spensley, Lady Margaret Hall, Faculty of Psychological Studies


S P Q Rahtz, MA Oxf, MA Lond, IT Services

Nominated by:

D C De Roure, Wolfson, Oxford e-Research Centre

J R W Prag, Merton, Faculty of Classics

R A Taylor, Queen's, Faculty of Physics

A E Trefethen, St Cross, Faculty of Mathematics


Chris Wickham, MA DPhil Oxf, Fellow of All Souls, Faculty of History

Nominated by:

J S Vickers, Warden of All Souls, Faculty of Social Studies

L Ashe, Worcester, Faculty of English Language and Literature

S R I Foot, Christ Church, Faculty of Theology

K J Humphries, All Souls, Faculty of History

R S R Mitter, St Cross, Faculties of History, of Oriental Studies, and of Social Studies

S C West, Magdalen, Humanities Division


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Curators of the University Libraries

One member of Congregation elected by Congregation

Current/Retiring Member

To hold office until

Professor N E Cronk, St Edmund Hall

MT 2017


The following nominations have been received:

David C De Roure, BSC PhD Southampton, Oxford e-Research Centre

Nominated by:

H Lee, President of Wolfson, Faculty of English Language and Literature

J Gibbons, Kellogg, Faculty of Computer Science

S P Q Rahtz, IT Services

R C Schroeder, Keble, Oxford Internet Institute


Simon V Hunt, MA DPhil Oxf, Faculty of Physiological Sciences

Nominated by:

C A R Boyd, Brasenose, Faculty of Physiological Sciences

S M Burge, Green Templeton, Faculty of Clinical Medicine

R D Evans, Keble, Faculties of Physiological Sciences and of Clinical Medicine

N Herring, Keble, Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics

D Jaksch, Keble, Faculty of Physics

P W Jeffreys, Keble, Office of the Director of IT

A Ptak-Danchak, Keble, Radcliffe Science Library

P A Robbins, Queen's, Faculty of Physiological Sciences

A P Rogers, Keble


Lesley Smith, BSc MSc LSE, MA DPhil Oxf, Fellow of Harris Manchester, Faculty of History, Faculty of Social Studies

Nominated by:

R Waller, Principal of Harris Manchester, Faculty of Theology

N D Brown, Principal of Linacre, Faculty of Plant Sciences

H J Swift, St Hilda's, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages

B R Ward-Perkins, Trinity, Faculty of History, Sub-Faculty of Archaeology


David Zeitlyn, MSc Lond, PhD Camb, MA DPhil Oxf, Faculty of Anthropology and Geography

Nominated by:

H Lee, President of Wolfson, Faculty of English Language and Literature

M J Banks, Wolfson, Faculty of Anthropology and Geography

D N Gellner, All Souls, Faculties of Anthropology and Geography and of Oriental Studies

I G Maclachlan, Merton, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages


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General Notes:

The nomination period for these elections closed at 4 p.m. on Thursday 9 May.

All members of Congregation are entitled to vote in these elections. Ballot papers will be sent out by Tuesday 21 May. Completed ballot papers must be received by the Elections Office not later than 4 p.m. on Thursday 6 June.

Candidates were invited to include with their nomination forms, a written statement of no more than 250 words, setting out his or her reasons for standing and qualifications for the office being sought. These statements will be available on-line and published in the Gazette dated 23 May. Voters may wish to wait until they have read these statements before returning their ballot papers.

For further information, please contact the Elections Officer.

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