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COUNCIL MEMBER ELECTION 2026

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OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS UNTIL 01/06/26, 23.59

- 3 Council positions

Announcement:

COUNCIL MEMBER ELECTION 2026
Announcement:
UKISCRS (CIO, registered charity number:1191256), announce that the Society has 3 Council vacancies it
seeks to fill in 20265.
We are now accepting applications from UKISCRS members who wish to apply for a UKISCRS Council
post. Successful applicants will join Council from the 18th November 2026 (50th Annual Congress).

Application submission rules:
Applicants must be fully paid up members of UKISCRS.
Nominations must be supported by a Proposer and Seconder, both of whom must be fully paid up members of UKISCRS.
To be submitted online at the time of application:

  • Personal statement (less than 200 words).

  • Names of Proposer and Seconder.

  • Details of present appointments.

  • Social profile links.

  • Profile photo.

​Governing Election timings:

  • Application submission open until Sunday, 01/06/2026, 23:59.

  • UKISCRS Member voting for nominees: 05/06/2026 - 20/06/2026, 23:59.

  • Results announced end of June 2026.

  • The successful candidates to officially take post at the UKISCRS Council Meeting, Wednesday 18/11/2026.

See Section 11 of the UKISCRS Byelaws for full details of Council commitments, the election process. The full Constitution can be viewed here.

KEY ELECTION DATES:

Application closes:
01/06/2026, 23:59

Member voting:
05/06/26 - 20/06/2026

Results:
End of June 2026

Current UKISCRS Council:
David Lockington: President
Paul Ursell: Past-President
Bita Manzouri: Secretary & President Elect

Laura Crawley: Treasurer

Nishani Amerasinghe
Seema Anand 
James Ball
Allon Barsam
Tom Flynn 
Sarah Maling
Mario Saldanha 


Philip Bloom: Trustee
Milind Pande: Trustee
Paul Rosen: Trustee

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Charity Number 1191256.

CONTACT US:

louise@ukiscrs.org.uk, +44 7950 273790 

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