2013 National Pharmacy Board elections
Nominations closed at noon on Thursday 28th March.
For further information about the elections please see the following pages:
Voting in the National Pharmacy Board elections will open on Friday 10th May and will close at noon on Friday 31st May.
On the advice of the Returning Officers, the effective date for each National Pharmacy Board is one minute past midnight on the dates below:
- Welsh Pharmacy Board – 24th June 2013
- English Pharmacy Board – 26th June 2013
- Scottish Pharmacy Board – 2nd July 2013
At the first meeting of each Board there will be a formal session where the Chair, Vice-Chair and the additional member(s) to serve on the Assembly will be elected.
Here are details of the current National Pharmacy Boards and the respective period of office for each Board member:
English Pharmacy Board
| End of Office | Sector place | Elected Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 (2013) |
Community* | David Carter |
| Community* | Graham Phillips | |
| Hospital* | Tony West | |
| Any Sector* | Sharon ‘Sibby’ Buckle | |
| Year 2 (2014) |
Community – Locum | Stephen Hadley |
| Community – Employee | Martin Astbury | |
| Academic | Casual Vacancy | |
| Any Sector | Sandra Gidley | |
| Any Sector | Ashok Soni | |
| Year 3 (2015) |
Community | Sultan ‘Sid’ Dajani |
| Hospital | David Branford | |
| Primary Care | Elizabeth Butterfield | |
| Industrial | Shilpa Gohil | |
| Any Sector | Claire Anderson |
*sectoral places available in the 2013 English Pharmacy Board election. In addition, to the four places that have reached the end of their term, there is one casual vacancy. This is for the academic place, for a tenure of one year, due to a resignation from the Board in December 2012. This position will be filled by the Member or Fellow from the academic sector with the highest number of votes remaining in the election after the four regular places (which carry three year terms) on the English Pharmacy Board have been filled.
Scottish Pharmacy Board
| End of Office | Elected Candidate |
|---|---|
| Year 1 (2013) |
Robert McGregor |
| Jonathan Burton | |
| John McAnaw | |
| Year 2 (2014) |
Andrea Smith |
| Martin Green | |
| Ewan Black | |
| Alpana Mair | |
| Year 3 (2015) |
Anne Boyter |
| David Thomson | |
| John Cromarty | |
|
Sandra Melville |
The 2013 Scottish Pharmacy Board election provides for three places on the Scottish Pharmacy Board (which carry three year tenures). Places on the Scottish Pharmacy Board are not allocated on the basis of sectors.
Welsh Pharmacy Board
| End of Office | Sector place | Elected Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 (2013) |
Community* | Keith Davies |
| Community* | Philip Parry | |
| Any Sector* | Gareth Holyfield | |
| Year 2 (2014) |
Community – Employee | Marc Donovan |
| Community - Locum | Richard Evans | |
| Hospital | Casual Vacancy | |
| Any Sector | Sarah Cockbill | |
| Year 3 (2015) |
Community | Jodine Fec |
| Hospital | Wendy Davies | |
| Primary Care | Lynwen Jones | |
| Any Sector | Mair Davies |
*sectoral places available in the 2013 Welsh Pharmacy Board election. In addition, to the three places that have reached the end of their term, there is one casual vacancy. This is for the hospital place, for a tenure of one year, due to a resignation from the Board in November 2012. This position will be filled by the Member or Fellow from the hospital sector with the highest number of votes remaining in the election after the three regular places (which carry three year terms) on the Welsh Pharmacy Board have been filled.




