Candidate nominations 2010

Nominations for Council are now open. Please read the following election notice before completing and returning your candidate information and nomination forms (available to download below).

All forms must be received by the RCVS by 31 January 2010.

Election notice

In accordance with the provisions of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Council Election Scheme 1967 (as amended 2006), there will be an election for six RCVS members to serve on RCVS Council for a period of four years from the Annual General Meeting in July 2009.

The current members of Council who will retire at the Annual General Meeting in 2009 and are eligible for re-election are:

Professor Neil T Gorman BVSc PhD DipACVIM DVMS(hc) DVSc(hc) DipECVIM-ca FRCVS 50 Stamford Road Oakham Rutland LE15 6JA	Mrs Jacqueline R Molyneux BVSc BSc CertSAS MRCVS Prince Bishop Veterinary Hospital 1 Plantation Street Leadgate, Consett County Durham DH8 7PP
Mr R D Partridge BVM&S MRCVS Oakbeck Veterinary Hospital Oak Beck Way Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 3HU	Miss Christine F Shield BVM&S MRCVS Station Bungalow Main Road Stocksfield Northumberland NE43 7HJ
Mr Geoffrey C Skerritt BVSc DipECVN CBiol MIBiol FRCVS Chester Gates Referral Hospital Unit F Telford Court, Chester Gates Chester, Cheshire CH1 6LT	Mrs Clare J Tapsfield-Wright BVMS MRCVS West Mount Veterinary Health Centre 187 Pellon Lane Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 5RJ

Nominations must be submitted in writing on the prescribed form to the Registrar, duly completed on or before 31 January 2010, along with accompanying statements and photographs. The nominations form and details about the form and content of statements from candidates are available from the Registrar.

Voting papers will subsequently be distributed to all members of the College on or before 12 March 2009. Each nomination form must bear the signatures and registered addresses of two proposers. No proposer may nominate more than one candidate or be a member of the Council.

Miss J C Hern
Registrar

NB 'members' and 'proposers' must be members of the RCVS resident outside the Republic of Ireland (unless he/she has retained his/her right to vote in Council elections in accordance with the Veterinary Surgeons (Agreement with the Republic of Ireland) Order 1988).

Election forms

Candidate information and nomination forms may be downloaded below, however you should download and read the guidance notes first.

Guidance notes (PDF file - Kb)

Candidate information form (MS Word file - Kb)

Nomination form (MS Word file - Kb)