2023 PSNC Election Results
Voting has closed in ballots for three Regional Representatives* and non-CCA Multiple Representatives on PSNC (soon to be known as Community Pharmacy England).
Completed voting forms received by the close of voting (12 noon on Friday 24th March 2023) have been counted and validated. The results can now be declared as follows.
East of England Regional Representative
Candidate name | Number of votes |
Anil Sharma – CAMBRIDGE AND PETERBOROUGH LPC | 69 |
Babatunde Sokoya – ESSEX LPC | 34 |
Junchao Jiang – SUFFOLK LPC | 19 |
Turnout was 20.47%
We, therefore, declare that Anil Sharma has been duly elected.
North West Regional Representative
Candidate name | Number of votes |
Fin McCaul – GREATER MANCHESTER LPC | 52 |
Ian Cubbin – COMMUNITY PHARMACY CHESHIRE & WIRRAL LPC | 37 |
Turnout was 14.31%
We, therefore, declare that Fin McCaul has been duly elected.
North East Regional Representative
Candidate name | Number of votes |
Sami Hanna – GATESHEAD & SOUTH TYNESIDE LPC | 57 |
Sunil Kumar – COMMUNITY PHARMACY COUNTY DURHAM LPC | 17 |
Turnout was 26.71%
We, therefore, declare that Sami Hanna has been duly elected.
*Please note that a further ballot in the West Midlands region has been extended until 12 noon on 31st March 2023 due to an admin error delaying voting notices being received by pharmacies in this area. The result of this ballot has now been announced here.
The six other regional elections were uncontested, and the results are:
Region | Candidate name |
North London | Prakash Patel – NORTH EAST LONDON LPC |
South London | Beran Patel – CROYDON LPC |
East and North Midlands | Lindsey Fairbrother – DERBYSHIRE LPC |
Yorkshire and the Humber | David Broome – WEST YORKSHIRE LPC |
South East | Gary Warner – COMMUNITY PHARMACY SOUTH CENTRAL LPC |
South West | Sian Retallick – DEVON LPC |
Non-CCA Multiple Representatives
Candidate name | Number of votes |
CATTEE, Peter | 420 |
STRACHAN, Ian | 329 |
PATEL, Jay | 239 |
MODI, Has | 223 |
PATEL, Mayank Harendra | 140 |
BADENHORST, Jay | 59 |
PATEL, Chiman | 42 |
MORJARIA, Rajesh | 17 |
BORNO, Hamish | 12 |
Turnout was approximately 60%
We, therefore, declare that Peter Cattee, Ian Strachan and Jay Patel have been duly elected.
The full list of PSNC Members, including appointees from the Company Chemists’ Association (9 members) and the National Pharmacy Association (2 members), will be announced soon after 1 April.
Please Note: The table showing the Non-CCA Multiple Representatives results was amended on 29th March to correct a transcription error in the number of votes received by Jay Patel. The outcome of the election is unchanged.