Nominees announced for RCVS and VN Councils elections

Nominees for the RCVS Council and VN Council elections have been announced, with 13 candidates standing for the former and four for the latter.

The nominations closed on 31 January, and those standing are as follows:

RCVS Council

• Niall Connell
• Jeremy Davies*
• Robert Ellis
• Lewis Grant
• Christopher Gray*
• Peter Jinman*
• Thomas Lonsdale
• Peter Robinson
• Christopher Sturgess
• Paul Torgerson
• Christopher Tufnell*
• Bradley Viner*
• Thomas Witte

* denotes current RCVS Council member

VN Council

• Susan Badger
• Andrea Jeffery*
• Amy Robinson
• Helen Tottey

* denotes current VN Council member

Candidate information and manifestos will be circulated to veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses during early-to-mid March, and votes will close at 5pm on 26 April 2013. They will also be available online in due course.

As with previous years, it will be possible to vote by text, online and via the post.

A webinar-style hustings event is under development for the RCVS Council election candidates – more information will be available shortly.