Trustee Board and Council Election Results 2023

Read the official results of the Institution's 2023 Trustee Board and Council elections.

Trustee Board

a) The total number of votes cast was 3,427 being 5.3% of the eligible Corporate and Associate Members. The number of votes cast by post was 369 and online was 3,058.

b) The total number of abstained votes were:

• 140 for the Deputy President
• 306 for the Vice-Presidents
• 193 for the Ordinary Member of the Trustee Board
• 364 for the Ordinary Member of the Trustee Board – Under 30
• 291 for the Ordinary Member of the Trustee Board – International

c) The names of the successful candidates are:

President: Giles HARTILL (Having been elected President-Elect in 2022)
Deputy President: Matthew Phillip James GARSIDE
Vice-Presidents: David NOWELL, Simon EVANS
Ordinary Member of the Trustee Board: Ruth SHILSTON
Ordinary Member of the Trustee Board Under 30: Joshua Thomson-Smith
Ordinary Member of the Trustee Board International:  Chris CHONG

Council

a) The total number of votes cast was 3,427 being 5.3% of the eligible Corporate and Associate Members. The number of votes cast by post was 369 and online was 3,058.

b) The total number of abstained votes were:
329 for the Ordinary Members of Council – Fellows
375 for the Ordinary Members of Council – Members

c) The names of the successful Council candidates are:

Ordinary Members of Council

Fellows:

John BUTLER
Paul JOHNSON
Frazer MACKAY
Fraser MAITLAND

Members:

Gianpaolo BENEDETTI
John Bruce BUCHAN
Adam BURGESS
Amr ELBANHAWY
Robert RAYNER

The voting in this and previous elections was as follows:
2023 Return of 5.3%
2022 Return of 5.9%
2021 Return of 10.2%
2020 Return of 7.8%
2019 Return of 14.4%
2018 Return of 12.9%
2017 Return of 14.8%
2016 Return of 14.5%
2015 Return of 13.9%

Trustee Board and Council Election STV results

Dr Alice Bunn
Chief Executive
25 May 2023