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Council and auditors elections

The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 268 No 7200 pp789-790
1 June 2002

Council and auditors elections

I have received the following reports from Electoral Reform Services of votes cast in the recent elections of Council members and of auditors:

Election of seven members of the Council

My report of voting for the above election, which closed at noon on Friday 17 May 2002, is as follows:

Number of ballot papers distributed 44,405

Number of ballot papers returned 8,938

Number of papers found to be invalid (blank/spoilt) 90

Thus, total number of valid papers to be counted 8,848

Result: The election was conducted by use of the single transferable vote system. The following candidates were elected (in order of election):

PATEL, Hemant

HAWKSWORTH, Gillian Mary (Dr)

EMSON, Andrew Digby

ALEXANDER, Gerald Martin

GLOVER, Christine

JACKSON, Clive

HOARE, Patricia

The result sheet forms the appendix to this report. The result sheet details the quota required for election, each candidate's voting figures and the stage at which the successful candidate were elected. The ballot papers will be stored for a period of 12 months.

LUCY YOUNG
Ballot Adviser

Election of honorary auditors

My report of voting for the above election, which closed at noon on Friday 17 May 2002, is as follows:

Number of ballot papers distributed 44,405

Number of ballot papers returned 6,448

Number of papers found to be invalid (blank/spoilt) 87

Thus, total number of valid papers to be counted 6,361

Result: The election was conducted by use of the single transferable vote system. The following candidates were elected (in order of election):

COX, Anthony Richard

CALDWELL, Ian McDougall Williams

BALMFORD, John Edwin

CLITHEROW, Richard

WILLS, Brian Alan (Dr)

The result sheet forms the appendix to this report. The result sheet details the quota required for election, each candidate's voting figures, and the stage at which the successful candidates were elected. The ballot papers will be stored securely for a period of 12 months before being destroyed.

LUCY YOUNG
Ballot Adviser

I therefore declare, in accordance with Section XII, Paragraph X of the Society's Byelaws, that Gerald Alexander, Digby Emson, Christine Glover, Dr Gillian Hawksworth, Pat Hoare, Clive Jackson and Hemant Patel have been elected to the Council and that John E. Balmford, Ian Caldwell, Richard Clitherow, Anthony Cox and Dr Brian Wills have been elected as auditors.

ANN LEWIS
Secretary and Registrar

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Council election result sheet (PDF* 25K)
Auditors election result sheet (PDF* 45K)

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