Scottish council

(v) voting member /  *new to Scottish council

Chair of Scottish council-                            Iain Kennedy (supernumerary) (NV)

Deputy Chairs of Scottish council -          Simon Barker (V) and Hugh Pearson (V)

Chair, SGPC -                                      Andrew Buist (V)

Chair, SCC                                                  Alan Robertson (V)

Chair, SJDC -                                                Chris Smith (NV)

Chair, SSASC -                                            Sine Steele (NV)

Chair, SMSC -                                 
Vash Loffelmann (V)

Chair, Scottish LNC Forum -                       Lailah Peel (NV)

President of the BMA -                                

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore (NV)

Chair of Representative Body -                  

Latifa Patel (NV)

Treasurer of the BMA -                                

Trevor Pickersgill (NV)

Chair of Council (UK) -                                  

Phil Banfield (NV)

Deputy Chair of Council (UK) -                   

Emma Runswick (NV)

Members of Council (UK) whose electoral zone is Scotland

Stuart Blake (NV)

Hannah Cagney (NV)

Iain Kennedy (NV)

Lewis Morrison (NV)

There are 35 voting seats on Scottish council as follows:

Scotland (National Seats) (V)

1. Andrew Buist
2. Alan Robertson
3. Lewis Hughes
4. Jennifer Pewsey *                                        
5. Theo Habbick
6. David Gorman*

General Practitioners (V)

• East of Scotland

7. Andrew Cowie
8. Nora Murray-Cavanagh

• North of Scotland

9. Mishaim Bhana*
10. Peggy Chua*

• West of Scotland

11. Tyra Smyth
12. John Ip
13. Patricia Moultrie
14. Victoria Jane Shotton*

Consultants (V)

• East of Scotland

15. Ewan Olson
16. Graeme Eunson

• West of Scotland

17. Malik Sajid Farid
18. David Gerber*
19. Alan Ogg*
20. Christopher Barrett

• North of Scotland

21. Simon Barker
22. Stephen Docherty*

Juniors (v)

• Junior doctor - East of Scotland

23. Sobha Singh*
24. Hugh Pearson

• Junior doctor - West of Scotland

25. Scott Mcglynn
26. Benjamin Forrest*
27. Catriona Mcaleer*
28. Lucas O'Donnell *

• Junior doctor - North of Scotland

29. Tom Dale MacLaine*
30. Rhys Taylor*

31. Medical academics -
    Michael Rimmer (v)*
32. Medical students -
    Shoaib Shahbaz (NV)* (backfill for chair of SMSC)
33. SAS doctors -
    Bernie Scott (v)
34. Other craft not represented -
    Charles Saunders (v)
35. Retired -
    Peter Curry (v)

Immediate past chair (for one year after demitting office as Chairman) – N/A

Appointed members where the Chair of a branch of practice committee has an elected seat –

Co-opted members -                                   

Joanna Bredski and Ellen McBride (NV)

Observer – Academy of Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland

There are 35 voting members of Scottish Council, elected for a three-year term of office.

• Eight members engaged wholly or mainly in general practice, including those in private general practice but excluding general practice registrars, to represent and be elected by members in general practice in Scotland of whom: two for East, four for West, two for North.
• Eight members employed wholly or mainly as senior hospital doctors to represent and be elected by members who are senior hospital doctors in Scotland of whom: two for East, four for West, two for North.
• Eight members who are hospital doctors in the training grades or general practice registrars to represent and be elected by members who are hospital doctors in the training grades and general practice registrars in Scotland of whom: two for East, four for West, two for North.
• One member employed wholly or mainly in the staff and associate specialist group elected by members from those groups in Scotland.
• One member employed full-time in a university or in medical research, elected by members from those groups in Scotland.
• One medical student member elected by all medical student members in Scotland.
• One retired member elected by retired members in Scotland.
• One member from other branches of practice not represented, elected by those groups in Scotland (eg civil service and armed forces, occupational health).
• Six members resident in Scotland to represent and be elected by all members in Scotland.

Note

• East covers: Fife, Lothian, and Scottish Borders.
• West covers: Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Stewartry, Dumbarton, Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Wigtown.
• North covers: Angus, Caithness, Dundee, Grampian, Inverness, Orkney, Perth and Kinross, Ross and Cromarty, Shetland, Sutherland and Western Isles.

Non-voting members are the chief officers of the association; the chairs of the SCC, SGPC, SJDC, SMASC, SSASC and SMSC; chair of Scottish LNC forum,  those members of Scottish council who are also members of UK council and the immediate past chair of Scottish council for a period of one year after demitting office as chair. The chair of the Academy of Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland is also a non-voting member.

Scottish council has the power to co-opt two additional non-voting members where specific expertise is required.

• Seats/term - every three years, elections for 35 seats on the Scottish council take place for a three-session term.
• Timeline - elections are usually held prior the start of the session.
• Eligibility - all BMA members who work and live in Scotland and meet the criteria detailed in the terms of reference (above) are eligible to stand and vote in this election.