Cambridge Union Debates Officer Pollyanna Greene-Wright has resigned following an investigation into alleged electoral misconduct, which resulted in a ban on her running for Union President.

Greene-Wright resigned around midnight on 5 March just as nominations for the upcoming Union elections closed.

The investigation was overseen by the Union’s vice-president and returning officers, who reached their conclusions on 26 February after reviewing her conduct as both Debates Officer-Elect and during her early presidential campaigning.

Varsity understands that these findings were circulated in an internal report.  The report is currently only accessible by Union officials.

The Cambridge Union said that the decision to disqualify Greene-Wright was “based on several clear violations of electoral practice and the neutrality and constitutionality of our Returning Officers is absolute and has been upheld”.

The society continued: “Our Returning Officers responded to unprecedented irregularities in electoral practice and the Cambridge Union is entirely satisfied that due diligence was properly applied at all times.”

The candidate strongly denies the findings, claiming that the investigation “was totally at odds with the constitution”. She added that she has launched an appeal “on a variety of very strong grounds” and alleged that the Union’s complaints procedure has been “weaponised” against her.

Greene-Wright’s disqualification leaves Isaac James, a classics student at Wolfson, as the only candidate for Union president.

In response, four Union members have launched a campaign to reopen nominations (RON). The group insist their campaign is “entirely independent and was not inspired by, or coordinated with any specific members”.

They continued: “We are four ordinary members of the Union motivated solely by the principle that a presidential election should be a contest, not a coronation.”

The disqualification of Pollyanna Greene-Wright marks the first incident of controversry surrounding a Union presidential election since Max Ghose resigned from the presidency following allegations of ballot stuffing in 2023.