Thank you to our members who voted in our Annual General Meeting, which took place on Monday 17 July. This year over 9,000 members voted, with all resolutions duly passed and the election and re-election of all directors approved. You can see the voting results below.
The votes cast for and against the resolutions were as follows:
No. | Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | % For |
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 9,091 | 21 | 25 | 99.77% |
2 | To approve the Report on Directors’ Remuneration | 8,830 | 235 | 72 | 97.41% |
3 | To approve the re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Society | 8,997 | 89 | 51 | 99.02% |
4a. | To re-elect Jacqueline Arnold | 8,986 | 104 | 46 | 98.86% |
4b. | To re-elect Victoria Jane Bruce | 8,995 | 94 | 49 | 98.97% |
4c. | To re-elect Richard Bryan Ellison | 8,988 | 91 | 59 | 99% |
4d. | To elect Kelli McKechnie Fairbrother | 8,974 | 113 | 51 | 98.76% |
4e. | To re-elect Eric Richard Gunn | 8,995 | 88 | 55 | 99.03% |
4f. | To re-elect John Elliott Hooper | 8,962 | 115 | 61 | 98.73% |
4g. | To re-elect Patrick Desmond Moore | 8,982 | 103 | 54 | 98.87% |
4h. | To re-elect Mark John Stanger | 8,972 | 102 | 64 | 98.88% |
5 | To elect Anna Barsby | 8,956 | 113 | 68 | 98.75% |
All resolutions were duly passed: Ordinary Resolutions 1-5, receiving over 50% of the votes cast in favour. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.
TThe Society committed to donate £2 for every vote cast to FareShare. The total number of eligible votes cast was 9,139. The Society will, therefore, donate the sum of £18,278 to FareShare.
You can watch the 2023 Annual General Meeting below.