The RCVS has announced the candidates for the 2022 Council elections, and is calling on members to submit questions to candidates ahead of the start of the voting period.

There are 13 candidates standing in this year’s election for RCVS Council, the voting period for which will open on the week commencing Monday 14 March and close at 5pm on Friday 22 April 2022.

The candidates are:

• Jason Aldiss
• Professor David Barrett
• Mark Bowen
• Abbie Calow
• Olivia Cook
• Edward Davies
• Thomas Gliddon
• Ian McKelvie
• Susan Paterson
• Gonzalo Sanchez-Cabezudo Perez
• Radu Sirbu
• Huw Stacey
• Samantha Webster

The full biographies and manifesto statements for each candidate are available to read at www.rcvs.org.uk/vetvote22.

To submit a question to the candidates, email: vetvote22@rcvs.org.uk or post it on the RCVS Twitter account (@theRCVS) using the hashtag #vetvote22.

Candidates will then be asked to record a short video of themselves answering two questions of their choice which will be published when the election starts.

You have until Monday 21 February 2022 to submit your question.

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