Election timeline
Nominations open: 12 January 2026
Nominations close: 16 February 2026
Ballot opens: 9 March 2026
Ballot closes: 27 April 2026
Nominate yourself
Check back for further information on how you can get involved and nominate yourself when nominations open in January.
UK council composition and eligibility criteria
With the changes we have recently implemented, the number of UK council voting members has been increased to 69 (at the point of election).
Voting members are elected according to the following categories:
- geographical constituency
- branch of practice
- ethnic minority.
A gender maxima constraint has been applied to larger constituencies so that not all members elected are of the same gender.
All members are bound by the BMA code of conduct.
Read below how seats are distributed across these categories.
Your geographical zone is your region/nation. It is determined by the division you are listed under at the time nominations open.
English regions:
- Eastern
- East Midlands
- North East
- North West
- South Central
- South East coast
- South West
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire
Each region has 3 seats, of which no more than 2 are of the same gender.
- London - 4 seats, of which no more than 3 of the same gender.
Nations:
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
Each nation has 3 seats, of which no more than 2 are of the same gender.
This is determined by the category of medical work in which, at the time the nominations open, you spend the majority of your remunerated medical time (except for medical students and retired members).
- Academics - 1 seat
- Armed forces - 1 seat
- Consultants - 4 seats, of which no more than 3 are of the same gender
- General practice - 4 seats, of which no more than 3 are of the same gender
- Resident doctors - 5 seats, of which no more than 3 are of the same gender
- Medical students - 3 seats, of which no more than 2 are of the same gender
- Occupational medicine - 1 seat
- Public health medicine - 1 seat
- Retired doctors - 1 seat
- SAS doctors - 2 seats
- Other - 1 seat
Ethnic minority – 5 seats
To stand in this election, you must be a BMA member and self-identify as Black, Asian and minority ethnic.
Eligibility
To stand in this election, you must be a BMA member in one of the constituencies and branches of practice listed above.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about UK council or the elections, please email [email protected]
Council elections 2022 results
The results of the 2022 BMA Council elections have been counted and verified – and 68 members have been elected to represent the profession from June onwards for four years (one vacancy remains, see below).
Our congratulations to those that have been successful – and thanks to the over 220 members that put themselves forward, the highest number of nominees for BMA Council ever.
We are proud to say that the new intake of council members is the most ethnically diverse council in BMA history. Over a third (35%) of those voted in identify as ethnic minority – this compares to 12% for the 2018 intake of council members. 38% of those elected identify as a woman compared to 37.5% of members elected in 2018. With one vacancy remaining in Eastern Region due to insufficient nominations being received to satisfy the gender constraints this figure could rise to 39% in the upcoming by-election to fill this seat. Once the bye-election has run there will be 69 seats filled for BMA Council.
In addition, over a half of the newly elected intake – 55% - are new to BMA Council.
Our thanks also to the wider membership who voted – whilst turnout in 2022 was very similar to 2018 more votes were valid and therefore counted due to a new voting process being introduced for these elections.
For the full list of successful candidates please see below and also read the certified report on the election results produced by Civica, the independent election scrutineer that counted the ballots.
Elected council members 2022 - 2026
Academic
Raanan Gillon
Armed Forces (elected unopposed)
Mark Weir
Consultants
Jacky Davis
Tom Dolphin
Lewis Morrison
Vishal Sharma
General practice
Jackie Applebee
Sam Everington
Helen Rachel Salisbury
Richard Vautrey
Resident doctors
Shohaib Ali
Ollie Burton
Siddhant Raja Parashar
Emma Runswick
Poh Jia Wang
Medical students
Rebecca Susan Bates
Corey Briffa
Kayode Oki
Occupational health (elected unopposed)
Raymond Agius
Other (Members in practice but not covered by the other BoPs)
John Chisholm
Public health medicine
Penelope Rebecca Toff
Retired doctors
Wendy Diane Savage
Staff, associate specialists and specialty doctors
Amit Kochhar
Siobhan Quinn
East Midlands
Rebecca Acres
Michael Henley
Peter JP Holden
Eastern*
Ian Martyn Humen
Tom Stocks
London
Adam Daneshmend
Louis Dowland
Sumi Manirajan
Selvaseelan Selvarajah
North East
Paul Evans
Zoe Greaves
Zain Khan
North West
Anil Jain
David Wrigley
Jennifer Yell
Northern Ireland
Anne Carson
Sara Hedderwick
Alan William Stout
Scotland
Stuart Blake
Hannah Cagney
Iain Kennedy
South Central
Alex Freeman
Omer Mahmoud Abdel Karim
Anvarjon Mukhammadaminov
South East Coast
Christine (Chrissie) R Clayton
Gaurav Gupta
Reshma Nasreen Syed
South West
Emma Coombe
Susan Gillian Overal
W David Strain
Wales
David Bailey
Philip Banfield
Gabrielle Jee
West Midlands
S. Ali
Preethi George Pandeth
Nyree Jackson
Yorkshire
Cristina Costache
Vassili Crispi
Joanna May Sutton-Klein
*One vacancy remains in Eastern Region due to insufficient nominations being received to satisfy the gender constraints. A by-election will therefore be held for candidates who identify as women or non-binary.
Shan Hussain
Terry Martin John
Kitty M Mohan
Serge Omanyondo
Arjan Singh
Successful candidates
The newly elected members will serve a four-year term for the sessions 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26.