All seven SOS campaigners elected to Council as motion on proposed new Charter is passed at AGM
Candidates from the Save
Our Society campaign have captured all seven places in this year’s election to the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
And in a double blow to those on the outgoing Council who voted to petition
for a new Charter, the annual general meeting on 12 May carried a motion
seeking the petition’s rejection (p652).
The AGM vote was close, with 56 votes for the motion and 54 against,
but the election result is decisive. Between them, the seven SOS candidates
gained 48 per cent more votes than the other eight candidates together,
and the official election report (p655) shows a gap of more than 500
votes between the lowest scoring SOS candidate and the best of the rest.
Top of the poll, with 5,338 votes, was Sid Dajani, seeking re-election after
six years’ Council service. Behind him, in vote order, were Davan Eustace
(5,294), Hassan Argomandkhah (5,282), Graham Phillips (5,164), Maurice Hickey
(5,101), John Jolley (4,736) and Shiv Bagga (4,411).
The six new Council members replace Helen Howe (3,892), Sally Greensmith (3,265),
Andrew Burr (3,233), Wally Dove (2,727), Ashwin Tanna (2,678) and Marshall Davies
(not seeking re-election).
The SOS campaign now has 11 declared supporters on the Council and believes that
at least two other Council members are ready to lend their support. |
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