Election of Business Committee Members

Members of the General Council elect twenty members to its Business Committee to take forward the role and responsibilities of the General Council on its behalf between its half-yearly Council meetings.

Information about the role and responsibilities of the Business Committee.

Procedures for the election are set out in the Protocol for Elections to the Business Committee:

Elected members of the Business Committee serve for four years in the first instance and may thereafter stand for re-election for one further term of four years.

To provide for a rotation of membership, elections for a proportion of members are held each year.  The number of vacancies to be filled is announced in Billet and at meetings of the General Council.

Those elected take up their position at the start of the next academic year following their election.

Dates to note

The dates to note are announced at Half Yearly Meetings, in Billet and appear on the Election page of the General Council website.

Key dates are:

• Deadline for receipt of nominations
• Deadline for registering for postal ballot
• Date Voting opens
• Time Polls close

Nominations

Nominations are proposed and seconded by General Council members.

Nomination forms are available from the General Council office and can be also be downloaded from the Elections section of this website.

Information about the candidates is published in Billet.  If the number of candidates nominated is equal to, or less than, the number of vacancies, no ballot is required.  This is announced in Billet and at the General Council meeting.