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VN Council elections

RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council comprises 14 members: 6 elected veterinary nurses, 2 appointed veterinary nurse members, 2 appointed veterinary surgeon members and 4 appointed lay members.

In November 2017 VN Council agreed changes to its governance arrangements, reducing the number of elected members from 8 to 6 and introducing new appointed veterinary nurse, veterinary surgeon and lay members. Another key change was that the term of office for VN Council members was reduced from 4 to 3 years and the same 3-term limit also applies. These changes meant that no VN Council election was held in 2018.

The elections are held in March and April. 

The election results are published in early May and the successful candidates begin their terms of office at the RCVS Annual General Meeting, held in July each year. 

VN Council election 2024 - candidates announced 

Following the end of the candidate nomination period for the 2024 VN Council election on 31 January 2024, we can now announce that three candidates will contesting this year's election. These are: 

Further information about each candidate can be found on their individual candidate profile webpage using the links above.

Question the candidates 

This year we are once again asking members of the profession to contact us with questions for the 2024 VN Council election candidates.

Candidates will choose up to two of these questions to answer and these will be appended to their candidate profile pages.

Veterinary surgeons should submit questions to the candidates on [email protected] no later than 5pm on Thursday 29 February 2024

Please note: we will only accept one question per individual and supplemental questions will not be accepted. Any questions which are considered to be offensive, inappropriate, defamatory or otherwise unlawful will not be accepted. 

View results of previous elections