Our elections
Published on: 14th January 2023 | Updated on: 5th November 2025
Community Pharmacy England has a process to ensure its committee will reflect the community pharmacy sector through elections. Learn more at:
- Our committee and its composition
- Community Pharmacy England’s committee structure and governance
2026/27 election preparations
Community Pharmacy England is initiating early engagement activity as part of its preparations for the next round of Committee elections. Due to take place in autumn 2026, these elections will determine Committee membership for the 2027–2031 term and play a key role in shaping future sector representation.
How to prepare for future elections
Please ensure that you follow the instructions at: cpe.org.uk/updatedata. The following may also be helpful if you go through a phamacy change: cpe.org.uk/odschangelist. It is essential on an ongoing basis that community pharmacy owners ensure the right pharmacies are connected to the proper NHS POC (see FAQs) for election purposes, as well as the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPTK), and NHS reporting purposes.
Once we approach election cycles, we will issue communications to the community pharmacy sector.
Following the mid-term election process, Community Pharmacy England is pleased to announce that Rahul Sharda, an independent pharmacy owner from Stoke-on-Trent, is the new Regional Representative Committee Member for the East and North Midlands.
Process
The following briefing sets out the election process and the actions required by those seeking to stand for election:
Guide to the Regional Representative Election for the East and North Midlands Region
The mid-term election process for an ‘Independent regional representative’ for Community Pharmacy England’s East and North Midlands region began on 7th May. This follows Lindsey Fairbrother’s resignation from the Committee.
Our committee is responsible for providing effective leadership to and oversight of Community Pharmacy England’s activity to generate value for the sector and promote the long-term success of community pharmacy in England.
A representative of independent pharmacy owners in the following LPC areas is being sought:
- Derbyshire LPC
- Leicestershire & Rutland LPC
- Lincolnshire LPC
- Nottinghamshire LPC
- Shropshire LPC
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent LPC
The new Regional Representative will hold the position until the end of the current term of office for this Committee, which is 31st March 2027.
Elections for the new term of office for the Committee will take place from December 2026.
The Returning Officers are Gordon Hockey, Director, Legal and Katrina Worthington, Regulations Officer (elections@cpe.org.uk).
Nominations
Nominations are being sought as part of the mid-term election process for an ‘Independent regional representative’ for Community Pharmacy England’s East and North Midlands region.
Interested and eligible LPC members or officers in the CPE East and North Midlands region have until 2nd June 2026 to submit their (formal) nomination.
Expressions of Interest
Eligible independent pharmacy owners from the LPCs in the East and North Midlands CPE region were invited to express their interest in the role from 7th May until 14th May.
Community Pharmacy England started its election cycle for the new committee of Community Pharmacy England in 2023, to be known as Community Pharmacy England (CPE). This Committee will take up post from 1st April 2023.
The new Community Pharmacy England Committee will be made up of 24 members in total, including 10 Independent pharmacy contractors elected by the Community Pharmacy England regions in England (the Regional Representatives) and 3 non-CCA Independent Multiple representatives elected nationally.
Pharmacists who are Independent pharmacy contractors (as based on the Pharmaceutical Lists from 31st September 2022) and who are members or officers of an LPC in the relevant Community Pharmacy England region will be eligible for election as a Community Pharmacy England/CPE Regional Representative.
In contrast, Multiple pharmacy contractors (those with 10 or more NHS pharmacy premises in England or members of the Association of Independent Multiple pharmacies) will be eligible to stand in the Non-CCA Multiples election.
Please ensure that you follow the instructions at: cpe.org.uk/updatedata. The following may also be helpful: cpe.org.uk/odschangelist. It is essential on an ongoing basis that community pharmacy owners ensure the right pharmacies are connected to the proper NHS POC (see FAQs) for election, as well as the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPTK) and other purposes.
The below briefings and documents provide information about the election.
Q. My pharmacy is not connected to the correct NHS Parent Organisation Code
Please follow the instructions at: cpe.org.uk/updatedata. This page explains how you can contact the NHS IT helpdesk if you need to request an adjustment to the POC connected to your pharmacy. If you are the owner of a multi-pharmacy organisation and would like all your pharmacies to fall under a single POC, this change can be made on request. We make use of the NHS data about pharmacies to run our elections i.e. NHS ODS codes and NHS POC codes.
Q. The ownership has changed at my pharmacy. Can I vote in elections?
If we can validate that the ownership change has occurred using our sources, then you will be able to vote. Please ensure that you follow the instructions at: cpe.org.uk/updatedata. The following may also be helpful: cpe.org.uk/odschangelist.
Q. How do I update the NHS about my data?
Please follow the instructions at: cpe.org.uk/updatedata.
For more information on this topic please email regulations.team@cpe.org.uk
