2024 election results

The College ran a host of different elections in 2024

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 18 June 2024.


RCPsych in Scotland

Chair

Dr Jane Morris (Elected without ballot)

Vice-Chair

Dr Pavan Srireddy (Elected without ballot)

Education and Training Committee Representative 

Dr Philip Crockett (Elected without ballot)

RCPsych in Wales

Devolved Council Member

Dr Haitham Barkouk (Elected without ballot)

Chair

Professor Alka Ahuja (Elected by ballot. Full list of candidates: Professor Alka Ahuja, Dr Alberto Salmoiraghi. Voter turnout: 31.8%)

RCPsych in Northern Ireland

Chair

Dr Julie Anderson (Elected without ballot)

Devolved Council Member

Dr Ross Irvine (Elected without ballot)

Eastern Division

Education and Training Committee Representative 

Dr Ashish Pathak (Elected by ballot. Full list of candidates: Dr Maria Filippidou, Dr Ashish Pathak. Voter turnout: 10.5%)

London Division

Education and Training Committee Representative 

Dr Solomon Wong (Elected without ballot)

North West Division

Financial Officer

Dr Christopher Findlay (Elected without ballot)

Education and Training Committee Representative 

Dr Rachel Elvins (Elected without ballot)

Northern and Yorkshire Division

Chair

Dr Sunil Nodiyal (Elected without ballot)

Vice-Chair

Dr Sumeet Gupta (Elected without ballot)

South West Division

Chair

Dr Sai Achuthan (Elected without ballot)

Executive Committee Member

Dr Andrew Moore (Elected without ballot)

Trent Division

Executive Committee Member

Dr Jason Holdcroft-Long (Elected without ballot)

West Midlands Division

Education and Training Committee Representative 

Dr Jonathan Hurlow (Elected without ballot)

European Division

Vice-Chair

Dr Myles Doyle (Elected without ballot)

Western Pacific Division

Financial Officer

Dr Chee Hon Chin (Elected without ballot)

Elected without ballot

Chair

  • Professor Allan Young

Elected by ballot

Executive Committee Member

  • Professor Angela Hassiotis
  • Dr Pallab Majumder
  • Dr Muhammad Ismail Memon
  • Professor Kapil Sayal
  • Dr Oli Sparasci
  • Dr Lucy Stirland
  • Professor Peter Woodruff

Full list of candidates: Dr Hamid Alhaj, Dr Dave Barker, Professor Angela Hassiotis, Dr Pallab Majumder, Dr Muhammad Ismail Memon, Professor Kapil Sayal, Dr Oli Sparasci, Dr Lucy Stirland, Dr Samuel Tromans, Professor Peter Woodruff

Voter turnout: 19.0%

Elected without ballot

Financial Officer

Dr Abhishek Goli 

Executive Committee Member

Dr Frankie Elizabeth Anderson

Dr Haitham Barkouk

Dr Karim Dar

Dr Faye Graver

Dr Harrison Howarth

Dr David McLaughlan

Elected without ballot:

Executive Committee Member

Dr Dan Cleall

Dr Clementine Maddock

Professor Pamela Jane Taylor

Elected by ballot:

Chair

Dr Sandeep Mathews

Full list of candidates: Dr Sandeep Mathews, Dr Mehdi Veisi

Voter turnout: 19.3%

Executive Committee Member

Dr Anis Ahmed

Dr Christian Brown

Dr Cleo Van Velsen

Full list of candidates: Dr Anis Ahmed, Dr Amgad Atia, Dr Stephen Attard, Dr Christian Brown, Dr Iain McKinnon, Dr John Moore, Dr Ruairi Page, Dr Cleo Van Velsen

Voter turnout: 18.4%

Elected by ballot

Executive Committee Member

  • Dr Laura Korb
  • Dr Alaa Martin
  • Dr Sophie Shardlow
  • Dr Suchi (Suchithra) Thirulokachandran
  • Dr Samuel Tromans

Full list of candidates: Dr Laura Korb, Dr Alaa Martin, Dr Rajesh Rama Iyer, Dr Sophie Shardlow, Dr Suchi (Suchithra) Thirulokachandran, Dr Samuel Tromans

Voter turnout: 19.0%

Elected without ballot

Financial Officer

Dr Thomas Hillen

Elected by ballot

Executive Committee Member

  • Dr Parveen Bains
  • Dr Dan Beales
  • Dr Katharine Coulthard
  • Dr Florence Dalton
  • Dr Thomas Dewhurst
  • Dr Gerti Stegen
  • Dr Giles Story

Full list of candidates: Dr Parveen Bains, Dr Dan Beales, Dr Katharine Coulthard, Dr Florence Dalton, Dr Thomas Dewhurst, Dr Natasha Liu-Thwaites, Dr Gerti Stegen, Dr Giles Story

Voter turnout: 13.7%

Elected without ballot

Chair

Dr George El-Nimr

Executive Committee Member

Dr Dorothea Bindman

Dr Darren Carr

Dr Ruta Kontautaite

Dr Akshay Nair

Dr David Okai

Dr Parashar Ramanuj

Dr Maytal Wolfe

Elected without ballot

Chair

Dr Mohan Bhat

Vice-Chair

Dr Ben Underwood

Financial Officer

Dr Bob Barber

Executive Committee Member

Dr Nicholas Bass

Dr Manoj Rajagopal

Dr Rajdeep Routh

Dr Judy Rubinsztein

Elected without ballot

Chair

Dr Livia Martucci

Vice-Chair

Dr Sarah Taha

Elected by ballot

Executive Committee Member

  • Dr Saadia Alvi
  • Dr Saleema Durgahee
  • Dr Jacqueline Humphreys
  • Dr Snehita Joshi
  • Dr Aaron McMeekin
  • Dr Caroline Pontvert

Full list of candidates: Dr Saadia Alvi, Dr Saleema Durgahee, Dr Jacqueline Humphreys, Dr Snehita Joshi, Dr Nikolett Kabacs, Dr Aaron McMeekin, Dr Caroline Pontvert

Voter turnout: 14.5%

Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry 

Chair

Dr Richard Church

Arts and Psychiatry

Chair

Dr Alan Baban

Financial Officer

Dr Christos Sideras

Digital Psychiatry

Chair

Dr Nyembezi Faith Ndebele (Elected by ballot. Full list of candidates: Dr Iain Grant, Dr Nyembezi Faith Ndebele. Voter turnout: 30.1%)

Financial Officer

Dr Charlotte Deasy

Evolutionary Psychiatry

Chair

Dr Riadh Abed

Financial Officer

Dr Annie Swanepoel

History of Psychiatry

Financial Officer

Dr Thomas Stephenson

Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry

Chair

Dr Jessica Eccles

Occupational Psychiatry

Financial Officer

Dr Peter McAllister

Philosophy

Financial Officer

Dr Christos Sideras

Spirituality and Psychiatry

Chair

Dr Lucy Grimwade

Sport and Exercise Psychiatry

Chair

Dr Carolyn Nahman

Financial Officer

Dr David Prossor (Elected by ballot. Full list of candidates: Dr Mudasir Nazir, Dr David Prossor. Voter turnout: 16.9%)

Volunteering and International

Financial Officer

Dr Musa Basser Sami

RCPsych in Scotland

Dr Rachel Ball - PMPT Representative for Dundee & Aberdeen region (Elected without ballot)

Dr Ewan Mahony - Member Representative for Edinburgh region (Elected without ballot)

Dr Jonathan May - PMPT Representative for Edinburgh region (Elected by ballot. Full list of candidates: Dr Anna Kamusella, Dr Jonathan May, Dr Katrina Skraba. Voter turnout: 12.7%)

Dr Aye Myat Doris - Member Representative for Glasgow region (Elected without ballot)

RCPsych in Wales 

Dr Mostafa Abdellatif - Member representative (Elected by ballot)

Dr Nermeen Ahmed - PMPT representative (Elected by ballot)

Dr Wamiqur Rehman Gajdhar - PMPT representative (Elected by ballot)

Full list of candidates: Dr Mostafa Abdellatif (Member), Dr Nermeen Ahmed (PMPT), Dr Wamiqur Rehman Gajdhar (PMPT), Dr Rakesh Puli (PMPT), Dr Nabeela Rafiq (Member)

Voter turnout: 41.7%

North West Division

Dr Ibrahim Abdallah - PMPT representative (Elected without ballot)

Dr Nick Holmes - Member representative (Elected without ballot)

Dr Mariana Macedo Vieira - Member representative (Elected without ballot)

South Eastern Division

Dr Daniela Sofia Almeida Borges - Member representative (Elected without ballot)
 
Dr Joel Evans - PMPT representative (Elected without ballot)

Dr Harriet Feldman - PMPT representative (Elected without ballot)

Trent Division

Dr Rebecca Bennett - PMPT Representative (Elected without ballot)

West Midlands Division

Dr Katie Dichard-Head - Member Representative (Elected without ballot)

Elected by ballot:

Dr Erin Gourley - PMPT Representative

Dr Godwin Tong - PMPT Representative

Full list of candidates: Dr Erin Gourley, Dr Aradhana Gupta, Dr Godwin Tong

Voter turnout: 14.9%