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    2026 election results

    The College ran a host of different elections in 2026

    These included elections for Devolved Nations, Divisions, Faculties, Psychiatric Resident Doctors' 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 16 June 2026.


    RCPsych In Scotland

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Adam Daly (elected without ballot)

    Devolved Council Member

    • Dr Nina MacKenzie (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Laura Steven (elected without ballot)

    RCPsych In Wales

    Devolved Council Member

    • Dr Nikhil Gauri Shankar (elected without ballot)

    Eastern Division

    Chair

    • Dr Kapil Bakshi (elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Sepehr Hafizi (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Khansa Nabil (elected without ballot)

    London Division

    Chair

    • Dr Stefania Bonaccorso (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Hina Agha (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Steve Calvosa (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa (elected without ballot)

    North West Division

    Chair

    • Dr Declan Hyland (elected without ballot)

    South Eastern Division

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Caroline Ardron (elected without ballot)

    Trent Division

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Asad Hayat (elected without ballot)

    West Midlands Division

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Sajid Muzaffar (elected without ballot)

    African Division

    Chair

    • Professor Laofe Ogundipe (elected without ballot)

    European Division

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Angela Carballedo (elected without ballot)

    Middle Eastern Division

    Vice-Chair

    • Professor Dina Aly

    Full list of candidates: Professor Yasir Abbasi, Professor Dina Aly, Dr Alice Ashby, Dr Teizeem Dhanji, Dr Khaled Helmy.

    Voter turnout: 29.0%


    Western Pacific Division

    Chair

    • Dr Rebecca Horne (elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Lindsey Sinclair

    Full list of candidates: Professor Angela Hassiotis, Dr Lindsey Sinclair.

    Voter turnout: 26.8%

    Financial Officer

    • Professor Saeed Farooq (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Professor Matthew Broome
    • Dr Ken Courtenay 
    • Professor Helen Crimlisk
    • Professor Cynthia Fu
    • Professor Peter Haddad

    Full list of candidates: Professor Matthew Broome, Dr Ken Courtenay, Professor Helen Crimlisk, Dr Tiago da Silva Costa, Professor Cynthia Fu, Professor Peter Haddad, Professor Kenneth Kaufman, Dr Savva Pronin, Dr Piyush Pushkar.

    Voter turnout: 24.9%

    Chair

    • Dr Julia Lewis (elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Edward Day (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr John Dunn
    • Dr Iyad Heja
    • Dr Andrew Hill
    • Dr Bradley Hillier
    • Dr Jawad Raja

    • Dr Laura Robbins

    Full list of candidates: Dr John Dunn, Dr Iyad Heja, Dr Andrew Hill, Dr Bradley Hillier, Dr Pardis Mostajabi, Dr Jawad Raja, Dr Laura Robbins.

    Voter turnout: 21.5%

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Helen Whitworth (elected without ballot)

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Panchu Xavier (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Duncan Alcock
    • Dr Stephen Attard 
    • Dr Harm Boer
    • Dr Iain McKinnon
    • Dr Samir Srivastava
    • Dr Kripa Ullal

    Full list of candidates: Dr Duncan Alcock, Dr Katina Anagnostakis, Dr Stephen Attard, Dr Harm Boer, Dr Rebekah Bourne, Dr Nicola Claxton, Dr Emma Hogan, Dr Iain McKinnon, Dr Emma McPhail, Dr Juliette Mullin, Dr Ruairi Page, Dr Elspeth Pike, Dr Samir Srivastava, Dr Laura Steven, Dr Niamh Sweeney, Dr Kripa Ullal.

    Voter turnout: 22.7%

    Chair

    • Professor Rohit Shankar

    Full list of candidates: Professor Sujeet Jaydeokar, Professor Rohit Shankar.

    Voter turnout: 29.9%

    Vice-Chair
    • Dr Jana de Villiers

    Full list of candidates: Dr Jana de Villiers, Dr Hassan Mahmood, Professor Raja Mukherjee.

    Voter turnout: 27.0%

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Heather Hanna (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Richard Laugharne (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Rajesh Rama Iyer (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Ambreen Rashid (elected without ballot)
    • Dr Paul Winterbottom (elected without ballot)

    Chair 

    • Dr Jessica Yakeley (elected without ballot)

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Vikram Luthra (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Sophie Atwood
    • Dr Tom Cant
    • Dr Dimitrios Chartonas
    • Dr Reena Manghnani 

    • Dr Beena Rajkumar

    Full list of candidates: Dr Sophie Atwood, Dr Tom Cant, Dr Dimitrios Chartonas, Dr Lawrence Congdon, Dr Orestis Kanter Bax, Dr Natasha Liu-Thwaites, Dr Reena Manghnani, Dr Beena Rajkumar, Dr Aleksandr Sapunov, Dr Rajiv Shah.

    Voter turnout: 18.7%

    Vice-Chair

    • Dr Rachel Thomasson

    Full list of candidates: Dr Ruta Kontautaite, Dr Rachel Thomasson.

    Voter turnout: 22.3%

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Matthew Rowett (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Murtala Abdussalam
    • Dr Emily Easter
    • Dr Czarina Kirk
    • Dr Nida Munawar
    • Dr Basavaraja Papanna

    • Dr Taylan Yukselen

    Full list of candidates: Dr Murtala Abdussalam, Dr Adam Al-Diwani, Dr Hugo Amaro, Dr Mohammad Arbabi, Dr Emily Easter, Dr Czarina Kirk, Dr Ivan Koychev, Dr Nida Munawar, Dr Edward Palmer, Dr Basavaraja Papanna, Dr Savva Pronin, Dr Venkata Yelamanchili, Dr Taylan Yukselen.

    Voter turnout: 21.2%

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Zerak Alsalihy
    • Dr Rebecca Chubb 
    • Dr Charlotte Deasy
    • Dr Claire-Marie Hosein
    • Dr Anitha Howard
    • Dr Josie Jenkinson
    • Dr Thomas McCabe

    • Dr Christoph Mueller

    Full list of candidates: Dr Zerak Alsalihy, Dr Rebecca Chubb, Dr Charlotte Deasy, Dr Zena Harvey, Dr Claire-Marie Hosein, Dr Anitha Howard, Dr Josie Jenkinson, Dr Ivan Koychev, Dr Thomas McCabe, Dr Christoph Mueller.

    Voter turnout: 24.3%

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Sushma Sundaresh (elected without ballot)

    Executive Committee Member

    • Dr Sarah Abdelsayed
    • Dr Laura Bladon
    • Dr Asad Hayat
    • Dr Hind Khalifeh
    • Dr Leena Patel

    • Dr Athanasios Tsoumpris

    Full list of candidates: Dr Sarah Abdelsayed, Dr Laura Bladon, Dr Afraa Delvi, Dr Hussien Elkholy, Dr Nazish Hashmi, Dr Asad Hayat, Dr Nikolett Kabacs, Dr Hind Khalifeh, Dr Leena Patel, Dr Katherine Smart, Dr Athanasios Tsoumpris.

    Voter turnout: 20.9%

    History of Psychiatry

    Chair

    • Dr Peter Carpenter (elected without ballot)

    Occupational Psychiatry

    Chair

    • Professor Max Henderson 

    Full list of candidates: Professor Max Henderson, Dr Muzaffer Kaser.

    Voter turnout: 21.9%

    Rainbow

    Chair

    • Dr Rajesh Mohan (elected without ballot)

    Financial Officer

    • Dr Alice Brooke 

    Full list of candidates: Dr Mohammed Amir Ahmed, Dr Alice Brooke.

    Voter turnout: 19.3%

    RCPsych in Scotland

    • Dundee & Aberdeen – Dr Hayley Boyom (PMPT) – elected by ballot

    Full list of candidates: Dr Hayley Boyom, Dr Kass Rae, Dr Smriti Sasikumar.

    Voter turnout: 21.0%

    • Edinburgh – Dr Jacqueline Easter (PMPT) (elected without ballot)
    • Glasgow – Dr Chrismerin Mathew – elected by ballot

    Full list of candidates: Dr Aalap Asurlekar, Dr Hardeep Kandola, Dr Chrismerin Mathew.

    Voter turnout: 20.0%

    RCPsych in Wales

    • Dr Abrar Ammar (PMPT) – elected by ballot
    • Dr Alexander Howells (Member) – elected by ballot
    • Dr Saqib Rashiq (PMPT) – elected by ballot

    Full list of candidates: Dr Abrar Ammar (PMPT), Dr Katherine Ferrer (Member), Dr Alexander Howells (Member), Dr Saqib Rashiq (PMPT), Dr Jack Tagg (PMPT).

    Voter turnout: 39.2%

    North West Division

    • Dr Madjda Bougherira (PMPT) – elected by ballot
    • Dr Chidimma Orji (Member) – elected by ballot
    • Dr Fiona Shaw (Member) – elected by ballot

    Full list of candidates: Dr Madjda Bougherira (PMPT), Dr Chidimma Orji (Member), Dr Idil Ozturk (PMPT), Dr Abdul Rehman (PMPT), Dr Ahmar Saeed (PMPT), Dr Fiona Shaw (Member), Dr Patricia Vinchenzo (PMPT).

    Voter turnout: 30.5%

    South Eastern Division

    Dr Mariam Alwerdani (PMPT) (elected without ballot)
    Dr Joseph Kendall (Member) – elected by ballot

    Dr Ahmad Kamaleldeen Abdou Mohamed (Member) – elected by ballot

    Full list of candidates: Dr Jeremy Cave, Dr Joseph Kendall, Dr Ahmad Kamaleldeen Abdou Mohamed.

    Voter turnout: 22.2%

    Trent Division

    • Dr Umar Ikram (PMPT) – elected by ballot
    • Dr Omer Kaya (PMPT) – elected by ballot

    Full list of candidates: Dr Umar Ikram, Dr Omer Kaya, Dr Tanveer Sangra.

    Voter turnout: 31.5%

    West Midlands Division

    • Dr Shazab Islam (PMPT) – elected by ballot
    • Dr Amy Moltu (Member) – elected by ballot
    • Dr Kachi Onyeaso (Member) – elected by ballot

    Full list of candidates: Dr Shazab Islam (PMPT), Dr Amy Moltu (Member), Dr Kachi Onyeaso (Member), Dr Mamoor Waheed (PMPT).

    Voter turnout: 32.2%