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
Voter turnout: 16.7%

Full list of candidates: Dr Mayura Deshpande, Dr Ian Hall, Dr Declan Hyland, Dr Santosh Mudholkar, Dr Saima Niaz, Dr Abdi Sanati, Dr Kannan Suresh Babu

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)