Hull Students have voted to disaffiliate from the NUS following last week’s referendum. The outcome is a victory for the ‘Hull Says No to the NUS’ campaign.

The result was as follows:

Remain affiliated to the National Union of Students: 476

Disaffiliate from the National Union of Students: 811

A statement from HUU reads: “Hull University Union will disaffiliate from the NUS. The HUU Trustee Board will now begin the process of identifying workable timescales for transition to disaffiliation including the negotiation of new commercial supplier contracts. We will provide full updates regarding the dates and timescales for disaffiliation.

“Further information will be available following our next Trustee Board meeting on 1st June, 2016. We will work hard to minimise any potential impact on members. We remain committed to our mission to enhance the lives of every person studying at the University of Hull.”

The road to disaffiliation has been a fiercely fought battle, with more than its fair share of controversy.

The ‘Yes’ campaign were accused of breaking referendum rules by having a non-students hand out flyers on campus.

Meanwhile the results of the referendum were pushed back to today after it was discovered that the NUS had hugely miscalculated the discount Hull was receiving as a member of the union. They were more than £17,000 off.

This meant that the results were pushed back today in order to allow students to complain.

At the time Dehenna Davison, spokesperson for the Hull No Campaign said: “The Yes campaign claim to have been running their campaign based on facts. It’s a shame those facts have turned out to be wrong!”

Dehenna Davison told The Tab: “We are so pleased that our fellow Hull students have voted to take back control of our student union and leave the NUS.

“It’s a victory for democracy and it proves that the machine can be beaten if we work together. I personally want to thank all those who helped out to campaign during exams, and of course, to all the students who put their faith in our campaign. Now on to the next step, and deciding how we want to shape our future.”