2022 election results
The College ran a host of different elections in 2021/2022.
These included elections for Devolved Nations, Divisions, Faculties, Psychiatric Trainees Committee and Special Interest Groups.
You can see which candidates won across all the College elections below.
Elected candidates began their terms of office at the College's AGM on 20 June 2022.
Elected by ballot
- Dr Mayura Deshpande - Member
- Dr Ian Hall - Fellow
- Dr Declan Hyland - Member
- Dr Abdi Sanati - Fellow
Elected without ballot
Devolved Council Member
- Dr Julie Anderson
Elected without ballot
Financial Officer
- Dr Kapil Bakshi
Elected without ballot
Chair
- Dr Suhana Ahmed
Financial Officer
- Dr Priyadarshini Natarajan
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Bradley Hillier
- Dr Mandy Johnstone
- Dr Samir Srivastava
Elected without ballot
Chair
- Dr Nishanth Babu Mathew
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Declan Hyland
Elected without ballot
Financial Officer
- Dr Navjot Ahluwalia
Middle Eastern Division
Vice-Chair
- Dr Yasser Saeed Khan (elected without ballot)
Pan-American Division
Vice-Chair
- Dr Muhammad Ishrat Husain (elected without ballot)
Financial Officer
- Dr Hany Shaltout (elected without ballot)
Western Pacific Division
Chair
- Professor Steve Kisely (elected by ballot)
Voter turnout: 13.6%
Full list of candidates: Professor Steve Kisely, Dr Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa
Elected without ballot
Vice-Chair
- Professor Sam Chamberlain
Financial Officer
- Dr Lindsey Sinclair
Executive Committee Member
- Professor Mary Cannon
- Dr Sameer Jauhar
- Dr Musa Sami
- Dr Ekkehart F.A. Staufenberg
- Dr Paul Stokes
Elected without ballot
Chair
- Dr Emily Finch
Vice-Chair
- Dr David Bremner
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Abhishek Goli
- Dr Stephen Kaar
- Dr Julia Lewis
- Dr Basavaraja Papanna
- Dr Emmert Roberts
- Dr Shivanthi Sathanandan
- Dr Deepak Sirur
Elected by ballot
Financial Officer
- Dr Helen Whitworth
Voter turnout: 15.4%
Full list of candidates: Dr Helen Whitworth, Dr Panchu Francis Xavier
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Alexis Acosta-Armas
- Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar
- Dr Olusola Awonogun
- Dr Ken Courtenay
- Dr V M Sandeep Mathews
- Dr Callum Ross
- Dr Helen Youngman
Voter turnout: 16.7%
Full list of candidates: Dr Alexis Acosta-Armas, Dr Pankaj Agarwal, Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar, Dr Donna Arya, Dr Stephen Attard, Dr Olusola Awonogun, Dr Christian Brown, Dr Amit Chatterjee, Dr Bernard Chin, Dr Ken Courtenay, Dr Catherine Durkin, Dr Bradley Hillier, Dr Harneet Hundal, Dr V M Sandeep Mathews, Dr Iain McKinnon, Dr Callum Ross, Dr Ashimesh Roychowdhury, Dr Alex Till, Dr Helen Youngman
Elected without ballot
Vice-Chair
- Professor Rohit Shankar
Financial Officer
- Dr Mahesh M Odiyoor
Elected by ballot
Chair
- Dr Indermeet Sawhney
Voter turnout: 25.2%
Full list of candidates: Professor Asit Biswas, Professor Angela Hassiotis, Dr Indermeet Sawhney
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Ezhil Anand
- Dr Amy Blake
- Dr Harm Boer
- Dr Anupama (Anu) Iyer
- Dr Hassan Mahmood
- Professor Raja Mukherjee
- Professor Andre Strydom
Voter turnout: 20.9%
Full list of candidates: Dr Ezhil Anand, Dr Amy Blake, Dr Harm Boer, Dr Mohamed Omer El Tahir, Dr Neel Halder, Dr Anupama (Anu) Iyer, Dr Hassan Mahmood, Professor Raja Mukherjee, Dr Salim Razak, Dr Sakib Shamas-Ud-Din, Professor Andre Strydom, Dr David Thomas
Elected without ballot
Vice-Chair
- Dr Rachel Gibbons
Elected by ballot
Chair
- Dr Jo O'Reilly
Voter turnout: 13.7%
Full list of candidates: Dr Jo O'Reilly, Dr Jessica Yakeley
Executive Committee Member
- Dr William Burbridge-James
- Dr Swapna Kongara
- Dr Haroula Konstantinidou
- Dr Alice Levinson
- Dr Neil MacFarlane
Voter turnout: 11.1%
Full list of candidates: Dr William Burbridge-James, Dr Leah B. Henen, Dr Swapna Kongara, Dr Haroula Konstantinidou, Dr Alice Levinson, Dr Neil MacFarlane
Elected by ballot
Vice-Chair
- Dr Czarina Kirk
Voter turnout: 15%
Full list of candidates: Dr Czarina Kirk, Dr David Okai
Financial Officer
- Dr Rachel Thomasson
Voter turnout: 13.5%
Full list of candidates: Dr Rachel Thomasson, Dr Gayathri Venkatesan
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Jacob Bird
- Dr Hesham Elnazer
- Dr Ruaidhri McCormack
- Dr Ana Miorelli
- Dr Baskaran Sridharan
- Dr Christopher Symeon
Voter turnout: 12.9%
Full list of candidates: Dr Jacob Bird, Dr Hesham Elnazer, Dr Suresh Komati, Dr Ruaidhri McCormack, Dr Ana Miorelli, Dr Basavaraja Papanna, Dr Mark Paramlall, Dr Mohammad Saidi, Dr Baskaran Sridharan, Dr Christopher Symeon
Elected without ballot
Financial Officer
- Dr Mohan Bhat
Elected by ballot
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Samantha Hamer
- Dr Chineze Ivenso
- Dr Thomas Lewis
- Dr Rashi Negi
- Dr Feena Sebastian
- Dr Shaheen Shora
- Dr Kallur Suresh
- Dr Anees-Ul-Haq Syed
- Dr Ben Underwood
Voter turnout: 16.2%
Full list of candidates: Dr Zerak Al-Salihy, Dr Samantha Hamer, Dr Chineze Ivenso, Dr Thomas Lewis, Dr Thomas McConnell, Dr Rashi Negi, Dr Rajdeep Routh, Dr Feena Sebastian, Dr Shaheen Shora, Dr Kallur Suresh, Dr Anees-Ul-Haq Syed, Dr Ben Underwood
Elected without ballot
Financial Officer
- Dr Zeyn Green-Thompson
Executive Committee Member
- Dr Julie Anderson
- Dr Giles Berrisford
- Dr Marisa Casanova Dias
- Dr Victoria Chamorro
- Dr David Foreman
- Dr Sushma Sundaresh
- Dr Sanne van Rhijn
History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group
Chair
- Dr Graham Ash (elected without ballot)
Occupational Psychiatry Special Interest Group
Chair
- Dr Darren Minshall (elected without ballot)
Elected without ballot
RCPsych in Scotland
- Dr Suraya Fadzil - PMPT Representative for Scotland North
- Dr Alexandra Hughes - PMPT Representative for Scotland South East
- Dr Louise Tayler-Grint - Member Representative for Scotland East
RCPsych in Wales
- Dr Muhammad Ismail Memon - Member Representative
- Dr Nehad Seddiq - PMPT Representative
- Dr Laura Thorn - Member Representative
South Eastern Division
- Dr Tarun Deep Singh - PMPT Representative
Trent Division
- Dr Emma McPhail - Member Representative
West Midlands Division
- Dr Alina Braicu - Member Representative
- Dr Kosisochukwu Ezemonye - PMPT Representative
Elected by ballot
North West Division
- Dr Suraju Adeyemo - Member Representative
- Dr Gemma Buston - Member Representative
- Dr Sangbarta Chattopadhyay - PMPT Representative
Voter turnout: 23%
Full list of candidates: Dr Suraju Adeyemo (Member), Dr Samuel Brookfield (Member), Dr Gemma Buston (Member), Dr Sangbarta Chattopadhyay (PMPT), Dr Fiona Shaw (PMPT), Dr Oli Sparasci (Member)
