The RCVS has announced the candidates for the 2022 VN Council elections, and is calling on members to submit questions to candidates ahead of the start of the voting period.

There are nine candidates standing in this year’s election for VN Council, the voting period for which will open on the week commencing Monday 14 March and close at 5pm on Friday 22 April 2022.

The candidates are:

• Samantha Jayne Anderson
• Teri-Ann Baldwin
• Jessica Louise Beckett
• Kirsten Cavill
• Sophie Louise Connolly
• Jane Davidson
• Olivia Jade Dunlop
• Sarah Amanda Scholes
• Holly Witchell

The full biographies and manifesto statements for each candidate are available to read at: www.rcvs.org.uk/who-we-are/vn-council/vn-council-election-2022/

To submit a question to the candidates, email: vnvote22@rcvs.org.ukor post it on the RCVS Twitter account (@theRCVS) using the hashtag #vnvetvote22.

Candidates will then be asked to record a short video of themselves answering two questions of their choice which will be published when the election starts.

You have until Monday 21 February 2022 to submit your question.

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