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Posted: 8th February 2022

RCVS and VN Councils election candidates announced
Vets and VNs eligible to vote in the elections will receive an email link to the relevant voting websites.
The successful candidates will take up their seats in July. 

The candidates for the 2022 RCVS Council and Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council elections have been announced.

This year there are 13 candidates standing for RCVS Council, competing for the three available places. They include one current member eligible for re-election and 12 candidates not currently on Council. 

The 13 candidates are:

Dr Jason Aldiss MRCVS
Professor David Barrett FRCVS
Dr Mark Bowen FRCVS
Dr Abbie Calow MRCVS
Olivia Cook MRCVS
Edward Davies MRCVS
Thomas Gliddon MRCVS
Dr Ian McKelvie MRCVS
Dr Susan Paterson FRCVS
Dr Gonzalo Sanchez-Cabezudo Perez MRCVS
Radu Sirbu MRCVS
Dr Huw Stacey MRCVS
Dr Samantha Webster MRCVS

For the VN Council election, nine candidates are standing for the two available places, including:

Samantha Jayne Anderson RVN
Teri-Ann Baldwin RVN
Jessica Louise Beckett RVN
Kirsten Cavill RVN
Sophie Louise Connolly RVN
Jane Davidson RVN
Olivia Jade Dunlop RVN
Sarah Amanda Scholes RVN
Holly Witchell RVN

As in 2021, all veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses eligible to vote in the elections will receive an email containing a link to a unique voting website. 

Ahead of the elections in March, eligible voters are encouraged to submit questions to the candidates using the hashtags #vetvote22 or #vnvote22, or emailing vetvote22@rcvs.org.uk or vnvote22@rcvs.org.uk. The candidates will then record a short video of themselves answering the questions for publication when the elections begin. 

The candidates with the most votes will take up their positions at the College’s Annual General Meeting in July. For more information about the elections, including the full biographies and manifesto statements, visit rcvs.co.uk/vetvote22




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