The RCVS has announcing the candidates standing in the 2019 RCVS Council elections.

There are nine candidates standing in this year’s RCVS Council election, including five existing Council members eligible for re-election and four candidates not currently on Council. They are: 

  • Dr Linda Belton MRCVS

  • Dr Niall Connell MRCVS

  • Mr John C Davies MRCVS

  • Dr Joanna (Jo) Dyer MRCVS

  • Professor Timothy (Tim) Greet FRCVS

  • Professor John Innes FRCVS

  • Dr Thomas (Tom) Lonsdale MRCVS

  • Dr Katherine (Kate) Richards MRCVS

  • Mr Peter Robinson MRCVS

Following the changes made to the College’s governance arrangements last year, after a Legislative Reform Order changing the size and composition of Council was passed by Parliament, there will be only three elected places available for the candidates, as opposed to six in the years prior to the governance changes.

Ballot papers and candidates' details are due to be posted and emailed to all veterinary surgeons eligible to vote during the week commencing 25 March, and all votes must be cast, either online or by post, by 5pm on Friday 26 April 2019. 

In order to give the electorate a better idea of why each candidate is standing and ask them for their views on particular issues, this year the College is again inviting members of the profession to 'Quiz the candidates' by putting their questions directly to the candidates. Each candidate will be invited to choose two questions to answer from all those received, and produce a video recording of their answers.

Recordings will be published on the RCVS website and YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/rcvsvideos) on the week the election commences.

The biographies and statements for each candidate in the RCVS Council election can be found at www.rcvs.org.uk/vetvote19

Vets should email their question (NB only one per person) to vetvote19@rcvs.org.uk or send it to the College’s Twitter account @theRCVS using the hashtag #vetvote19 by midday on Monday 4 March 2019.

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