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Posted: 1st May 2014

Council election results are out
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Hilary Orpet has been re-elected for the second term, with 611 votes.
New RCVS and VN Council members announced

Results from this year's RCVS and VN Council elections are now out, showing an even split between re-elected members and new members.

Hilary Orpet retained her seat on the VN Council with 611 votes while Amber Richards has been elected as a new face on the council.

Kathy Kissick, VN Council chair, said: "Hilary’s experience and Amber’s fresh input will, I’m sure, combine to provide an excellent contribution to our ongoing work."

Hilary Orpet will be sitting on council for the second term. She has been deeply involved with work to achieve statutory regulation and recognition for nurses. She argues in favour of the new Royal Charter, saying it will give RVNs "recognition as an integral part of the veterinary team."

Amber Richards says she wants to see veterinary nurses working "alongside vets rather than in their shadow". She hopes to encourage more practices to motivate veterinary nurses to undertake CPD and further training.

VN Council voting saw a dip this year, falling from 1,329 votes from veterinary nurses to 1,157.

Voting was also down for RCVS Council election, with 4,137 vets casting a vote compared to 4,661 last year.

Mr Hockey commented: "It was always going to be tough to beat last year’s record turnout, even with a record number of candidates standing this year, but it’s encouraging that voter numbers are still the third highest in the last ten years."

RCVS president Neil Smith came out on top in RCVS Council elections with 1,687 votes. He will resume his place on council alongside vice-president Jacqui Molyneux and incoming Standards Committee chairman, David Catlow, who were also re-elected.

Gordon Hockey, RCVS registrar, said he is "delighted" the three candidates will be retaining their seats and is "looking forward" to working with the new members.

Joining them on council for the first time will be David Bartram, Susan Paterson and Mandisa Greene.

Previous elections have led to concern over the lack of female candidates for RCVS Council. Indeed, not a single female candidate stood for election last year. This year's elections, however, saw a record number of female candidates and an equal number of men and women elected.

The most popular method for casting votes remains via post, according to the RCVS, though online voting has increased this year.

Re-elected and new council members will take their seats on RCVS Day on July 11.



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