Three new faces elected to Council as voting falls
Voting in this year’s Royal Pharmaceutical Society Council
election fell markedly, with only 16.22 per cent of ballot papers returned, compared with 21.25 per cent in 2006, 21.8 per cent in 2005 and 22.8 per cent in 2004.
Martin Astbury, the Society’s current Vice-President, topped the
poll, receiving the most votes both in the election for three unreserved
pharmacist seats (4,214) and for the reserved seat for England, the Channel
Islands and the Isle of Man (2,911). In line with Society regulations,
he was therefore elected for the national constituency.
Newcomers Nicholas Barber, Catherine Duggan and Alison Moore were successful
in being elected to the three unreserved seats. Professor Barber, from
London, is professor of the practice of pharmacy and head of the department
of practice and policy at the School of Pharmacy, University of London.
Dr Duggan, also on the staff of the School of Pharmacy, is chairman of
the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association, and Alison Moore, from
Dumfries, is a hospital and community pharmacist locum who is currently
establishing a consultancy business.
Nicholas Barber |
Catherine Duggan |
Alison Moore |
The reserved seat for Scotland was
closely fought, with current Council member David Thomson narrowly
beating new candidate Ian Mullen and being
re-elected with 481 votes versus 449.
There was only one candidate for each of the seats reserved for Wales
and for a pharmacy technician, so Margaret Allen (Wales) and Yvonne
Liddell (technician) were elected unopposed.
Out of the 47,585 voting papers issued in the election to unreserved
places, 7,719 (16.22 per cent) were returned and 43 were disallowed
as invalid. For the national seats, 17.43 per cent of papers were returned
for England and 21.58 per cent for Scotland.
Brian Curwain, Richard Daniszewski and Lindsey Gilpin were re-elected
to the English Pharmacy Board and were joined by retiring Council member
Jonathan Buisson.
Retiring members of the Welsh Pharmacy Board Jodine
Evans, Diane Heath and Richard Evans were re-elected and were joined
by new candidate Brian Hawkins. Mr Hawkins, from Cardiff, is head
of pharmacy and medicines management at Rhondda Cynon Taff Local Health
Board.
There was no election for the Scottish Pharmacy Board because there
were only three
candidates for the four seats (PJ, 5 April 2008, p418). |
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