LeadMCR 2026: The Results

Inside Academy2, Will Knight (MMG News Producer) and Rebecca Woodcock (News Section Editor) will be bringing you live updates on the LeadMCR 2026 results.

You can also keep up-to-date on X, Instagram or watch live on FuseTV Youtube

The evening will likely begin with an introduction from our hosts (more on them later), and after that we will move onto the Alternative Awards.

Following on, we will then have the results announced for each role.

Priyanka Menon (The Mancunion‘s Opinion Editor) and Jacob Robinson (The Mancunion‘s Investigation Editor) are on stage.

Our hosts have handed over to Lexie Baynes (current Union Affairs Officer), who is now speaking on stage.

Speaking to the room, Lexie Baynes says: 

“Running in these elections show you really care”

“Universities have always been places people challenge ideas”

“The 37 candidates here tonight chose to step forward, speak up and try to change Manchester”

Baynes goes on to thank the candidates, campaign teams, her colleagues and everyone who voted

Alternative awards are awards given to candidates for their campaigning and character. Tonight they will include:

Most supportive campaign team

Best LeadMCR meme

Best moment of the week

Best design work

Best campaign slogan

Most lecture callouts

Most supportive candidate

The “candidate’s candidate”

Hasan Patel’s team

Bohdan Ferubko

Kai Prince

Meadow Ronan

Aaina Mohapatra

Winner: Alec Severs

Honourable Mention: Frances Connolly

Sayana Backer

Anna Ward

See you in 20 minutes!

Sources suggest five minutes until we restart…

Results due soon

Beck Heslop

Grace Hollingsworth 

Jack Newton

Hasan Patel

Alec Severs

Aaina Mohapatra

Ann Lee

Anna Ward

Union Affairs – Anna Ward

City and Community – Hasan Patel

Wellbeing and Liberation – Grace Hollingsworth 

Activities and Culture – Aaina Mohapatra 

Postgraduate Research – Beck Heslop

FBMH – Ann Lee

FSE – Jack Newton

Humanities – Alec Severs

10,904 voters participated this year, an increase of 876 from the previous round of elections, where 10,028 students voted. 

Thanks from Will Knight (MMG News Producer) and Rebecca Woodcock (The Mancunion News Editor)