Result of election to the Chancellorship, October 2011
Elected: The Lord Sainsbury of Turville
Details of the poll and of the transfer of votes under the Single Transferable Vote Regulations are as follows:
Number of valid votes cast: 5558 Quota 2779
| First count | RESULT | |
| Mr Abdul Arain | 312 | |
| Mr Brian Blessed | 1389 | |
| Michael Mansfield QC | 964 | |
| Lord Sainsbury of Turville | 2893 | ELECTED |
| Total | 5558 |
16 October 2011 Presiding Officer
Lord Sainsbury said:
“I am pleased & honoured to have been elected as the next Chancellor of Cambridge University, and would like to thank all those who have supported me, and the other candidates who have made this such a friendly election. I am particularly pleased that the election did not turn into a battle between the arts & humanities and science, or between political parties, and I look forward to championing the University in its entirety at home and abroad in the years ahead.”