In one of the closest elections possible, Harry Naylor was elected to serve as the Trevelyan JCR President in the academic year 2025-26. He won by a singular vote (75 to 74) after three rounds of counting under the Single Transferable Vote system. The election saw a 19.5% turnout, the highest I have seen in my time at Trevs.

Speaking to HEX last term, Harry said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be your next JCR President; thank you so much to everyone who voted in what was an incredible election.”

Harry will preside over a new Executive Committee, which has been made smaller by the reorganisation of the roles of Services Officer and International Representative, and will commence his term as President in August later this year.

I’m absolutely thrilled to be your next JCR President

Harry Naylor

Harry will be joined on the new Executive Committee by his fellow electoral victors. Bex Smith has been elected to the role of Vice-President, Helena O’Neill and Isabelle Smith to the joint role of Welfare Officers, Sarah Margerison as Publicity Officer, Dan Wattis as Technical Manager, Livia Zuercher as Buttery Chair and finally, Andrew Hamilton as JCR Chair. Treasurer, Social Chair, and Clubs and Societies Officer still remains unfilled for next year.

As bonding socials and training begins for the new JCR Exec, Harry told HEX that “Although I’m not sitting on the exec this term, I’m keen to build connections with as many people as possible to nurture working relationships within the JCR and college.”

“I will have several meetings with James and college staff as part of the handover process in the coming term,” Harry explained. Training for JCR President also includes a trip with all the other JCR Presidents and coordination with the University and SU.

The new Exec’s main priorities are “plans for upcoming elections, campaigns, and post-exam events,” Harry said.

HEX also spoke to the new JCR Chair and current HEX Deputy Editor in-Chief, Andrew, about his plans for the role. Andrew’s main priority is to “revamp” JCR meetings, “including but not limited to changes to structure and length, theming JCR meetings […], and a brand new incentive system for members and reviewing the type of refreshments that is provided.”

JCR engagement did drop this year, with very few meetings fulfilling quorum. Five JCR meetings held their voting online this academic year for motions due to a lack of attendance prior to this, there was only one motion voted on online until the pandemic. The last motion to be voted on online was to remove the controversial candidate objections procedure in March 2023.

Andrew also plans to shift communication about election by “moving away from text-heavy emails to the use of short-form video content,” he said, hoping that this will “bring energy back into democracy within the JCR.” Logistically, he also plans to rewrite a lot of the JCR guidance documents and refresh the JCR handbook for Freshers.

Elections will reopen again this term for the remaining Tier One roles.

Image: Matthew Hall