RCN Council elections 2011

Results for the RCN Council election have been received.  Further details can be found on this page. 

RCN Council is responsible for the overall governance of the RCN, making sure that the College is meeting its objectives of championing nursing and fighting for the rights of members. There is one seat up for election in each country and region in the UK, and one student member of Council seat.

Election timeline

Nominations open - 11 April 2011
Nominations close - 29 June 2011
Voting opens - 27 July 2011
Voting closes - 12 noon 14 September 2011
Declaration of results - 19 September 2011
Induction Day for new Council Members - 30 September 2011
Commence office - 26 October 2011

Election results

East Midlands:

• CORT Gill  1,165 votes.
  - proposed by Neil Thompson and seconded by Edwin Fairley (Nottingham Branch)
• HARDING-PRICE David 1,466 votes.  Elected.
  - proposed by Jan Seward and seconded Stephen Curtis (North Lincolnshire Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 11.7%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

Eastern:

• STUTTLE Barbara 1,739 votes.
  - proposed by Angela Thompson and seconded by Virginia Colwell (Nurses in Management and Leadership Forum)
• WELLS Anne 2,170 votes.  Elected.
  - proposed by Carol Evans and seconded Claire Topham-Brown (Cambridgeshire Branch)  
  
  Vote turnout: 13.3%.
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

London:

• NORRIS Ian Elected unopposed.
  - proposed by Trevor Neal and seconded by Josephine Alderson (North East Outer Branch) 

North West:

• MARSDEN Janet 1,470 votes.
  - proposed by Yvonne Needham and seconded by Sandra Taylor (Ophthalmic Nursing Forum) 
• TRAVIS Mike 3,165 votes. Elected.
  - proposed by Amanda O'Connor and seconded by Rachel Armstrong (Greater Liverpool and Knowsley Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 11.0%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

Northern:

• FAWCETT Kathryn 491 votes.
  - proposed by Billy Drysdale and seconded Neil Anderson (Cumbria Branch) 
• PIERCY Christopher 734 votes.  Elected.
  - proposed by Denise McLaughlin and seconded Mark Tull (South of Tyne and Wear Branch)
• RANYARD Lee 541 votes.
  - proposed by William Corulla and seconded Jan Weightman (North of Tyne Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 11.2%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

Northern Ireland:

• BELL Kevin Elected unopposed.
  - proposed by Ann Marie O’Neill and seconded by Alison Miliken (Northern Branch)

Scotland:

• FRAME Eileen 957 votes.
  - proposed by Kathleen McLaren and seconded by Alison Aitken (Borders Branch)
• PATRICK Andrew 2,607 votes.  Elected.
  - proposed by James Donnelly and seconded Miriam Godfrey (Ayrshire and Arran Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 10.5%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

South East:

• PENHALIGON Nicholas 1,209 votes.
  - proposed by Paul Irving and seconded Deborah Pearman (Oxfordshire Branch)
• POH Beng 1,718 votes.
  - proposed by Anna Burrows and seconded Lorraine Seymour (Surrey Branch)
• TRENCHER Rachel 2,790 votes.  Elected.
  - proposed by Katharine Henning and seconded Jenny Redman (Hampshire Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 12.0%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

South West:

• BOVEY Jane 1,485 votes.
  - proposed by Simon Ashley and seconded by Derek Blackshaw (Salisbury & South Wiltshire Branch)
• COUPLAND Tim 1,620. Elected.
  - proposed by Dawn Cooper and seconded by Lisa Crooks (Gloucestershire Branch)
• NICHOLSON Debra 1,254 votes.
  - proposed by Kim Lilley and seconded by Beverley Hernandez (Bath Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 13.5%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

Wales:

• THOMAS Christine 1,643 votes. Elected.
  - proposed by Mary Watkins and seconded by Gea Van Der Werf (Swansea Branch)
• WATSON Stephen 819 votes.
  - proposed by Jean Richards and seconded William Nichols (Flintshire and Wrexham Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 11.8%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

West Midlands:

• BUDDING Tracey 1,071 votes.
  - proposed by Julianna Benjamin and seconded by Greta Alleyne (South Birmingham Branch)
• CARR Neil 698 votes
  - proposed by Chris Bourne and seconded by Simon Cadman (North Staffordshire Branch)
• WARNER Sue 1,705 votes. Elected
  - proposed by Shaunee Irvine and seconded Gene McQueen (Worcestershire Branch)
  
  Vote turnout: 10.6%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

Yorkshire & the Humber:

• TOMLINSON Roy Elected unopposed.
  - proposed by John Hill and seconded by Jane-Elizabeth Tooke (Scunthorpe Branch)

Student:

• OSMAN Tim 637 votes.
  - proposed by Gemma Barrett and seconded by Jessica Harper
• PARKER Jayne 794 votes.
  - proposed by Kathryn Lancelotte and seconded by Karen Brown
• SELBY Gemma 825 votes.  Elected.
  - proposed by Araminta Macleod and seconded Tamara Morgan
  
  Vote turnout: 6.7%
  Download the independent scrutineers report [PDF 132KB]

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