Elections
General Council Elections 2018
The following is the Procedure for the General Council Elections 2018
Eligibility of Candidates and Proposers
Only persons who are Registered Members of the Association and who have fully paid up their subscriptions for 31st March are eligible to be Candidates for election to the General Council and to be Proposers for such Candidates.
Regional and Shooting Discipline Candidature and Voting
Those voting for Regional Candidates must live in the appropriate Sports Council Region even though their nominated Candidates for election may live elsewhere.
Those voting for Shooting Discipline Candidates must have previously declared that Shooting Discipline to the NRA as their primary Shooting Discipline.
Eligibility for voting will be determined as at 30th April 2018.
Curriculum Vitae
In order to assist the Registered Members with their choice of representatives in the election, a CV for each Candidate will be provided with the voting papers. A draft of no more than 150 words should accompany the nomination. A passport sized photograph of the Candidate will accompany all CVs. A content layout for the CVs is on the pro-forma.
The Chief Executive will refer back to authors where CVs are too long or are or appear to be factually incorrect.
The Programme of key date for Elections
31st March 2018
All Candidates and Proposers must be fully paid-up Registered Members of the Association by this date.
30th April 2018
- Nominations for all vacancies must be returned to the Chief Executive by 17:00 on this date.
- Registered Members must be qualified for voting for their respective Regional or Shooting Discipline Candidate by this date.
- All Members desiring to vote must be fully paid-up Registered Members by this date.
22nd May 2018
Voting slips will be posted out to all entitled Members by this date together with the procedures for voting.
13th July 2018
Voting slips in the correct envelope supplied must be received by the NRA office by mail or by hand, no later than 5.00pm on this date.
Scrutineers appointed by the Council
To be notified after the Council Meeting on 20th April 2018.
Results
All results will be confirmed at the General Council meeting in September.
Routine Vacancies
There will be the following vacancies in 2018, all of whom are entitled to stand for re-election.
Five Ordinary Members
GK Alexander
CM Brooks
MJJ Charlton
JM Kynoch
PDC Turner*
Five Regional Members
Mrs ID Bennett – West Midlands*
PR Coley – South Western
GAE Larcombe – Southern
JF Miller – Greater London & South East
MP Watkins – Wales
Three Shooting Discipline Members
JS Harris – Target Shotgun
M Bradley – CivSR & Practical Rifle
A Bullen – Sporting Rifle
* Not standing for re-election
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Elections
Procedure for the General Council Elections 2021
Eligibility of Candidates and Proposers
Only persons who are Registered Members of the Association and who have fully paid up their subscriptions for 31st March 2021 are eligible to be Candidates for election to the General Council and to be Proposers for such Candidates.
Regional and Shooting Discipline Candidature and Voting
Those voting for Regional Candidates must live in the appropriate Sports Council Region even though their nominated Candidates for election may live elsewhere.
Those voting for Shooting Discipline Candidates must have previously declared that Shooting Discipline to the NRA as their primary Shooting Discipline.
Eligibility for voting will be determined as at 30th April 2021.
Curriculum Vitae
In order to assist the Registered Members with their choice of representatives in the election, a CV for each Candidate will be provided with the voting papers. A draft of no more than 300 words should accompany the nomination. A passport sized photograph of the Candidate will accompany all CVs. A content layout for the CVs is on the pro-forma.
The Chief Executive will refer back to authors where CVs are too long or are or appear to be factually incorrect.
The Programme of key date for Elections
31st March 2021
All Candidates and Proposers must be fully paid-up Registered Members of the Association by this date.
30th April 2021
a. Nominations for all vacancies must be returned to the Chief Executive by 17:00 on this date.
b. Registered Members must be qualified for voting for their respective Regional or Shooting Discipline Candidate by this date.
c. All Members desiring to vote must be fully paid-up Registered Members by this date.
31st May 2021
All entitled Members will be balloted by this date, either by electronic or postal means with the procedures for voting.
19th July 2021
Postal votes must be recieved no later than 6pm on Monday 19th July 2021 by placing the voting slips in the correct envelope supplied. Electronic votes must be made by 6pm on this date..
Scrutineers appointed by the Council
To be notified after the Council Meeting on 17th April 2021.
Results
All results will be confirmed at the General Council meeting in September.
Routine Vacancies
There will be the following vacancies in 2021, all of whom are entitled to stand for re-election.
Five Ordinary Members
GK Alexander
CM Brooks
MJJ Charlton
JM Kynoch *
MK Townsend
Five Regional Members
PR Coley – South Western
RS Kenchington – West Midlands
GAE Larcombe – Southern
AN Gran- Greater London & South East
MP Watkins – Wales
Three Shooting Discipline Members
JS Harris – Target Shotgun
N St Aubyn – Civilian Service Rifle & Practical Rifle
S Wallis – Sporting Rifle
* Not standing for re-election
Nomination forms can be dowloaded here:
Nomination Form – Ordinary Member
Nomination Form – Regional Member
Nomination Form – Discipline Member
CV forms can be dowloaded here:
CV Form blank – Ordinary Member
CV Form blank – General Council Member
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General News
Procedure for the General Council Elections 2019
Eligibility of Candidates and Proposers
Only persons who are Registered Members of the Association and who have fully paid up their subscriptions for 31st March 2019 are eligible to be Candidates for election to the General Council and to be Proposers for such Candidates.
Regional and Shooting Discipline Candidature and Voting
Those voting for Regional Candidates must live in the appropriate Sports Council Region even though their nominated Candidates for election may live elsewhere.
Those voting for Shooting Discipline Candidates must have previously declared that Shooting Discipline to the NRA as their primary Shooting Discipline.
Eligibility for voting will be determined as at 30th April 2019.
Curriculum Vitae
In order to assist the Registered Members with their choice of representatives in the election, a CV for each Candidate will be provided with the voting papers. A draft of no more than 150 words should accompany the nomination. A passport sized photograph of the Candidate will accompany all CVs. A content layout for the CVs is on the pro-forma.
The Chief Executive will refer back to authors where CVs are too long or are or appear to be factually incorrect.
The Programme of key date for Elections
31st March 2019
All Candidates and Proposers must be fully paid-up Registered Members of the Association by this date.
30th April 2019
a. Nominations for all vacancies must be returned to the Chief Executive by 17:00 on this date.
b. Registered Members must be qualified for voting for their respective Regional or Shooting Discipline Candidate by this date.
c. All Members desiring to vote must be fully paid-up Registered Members by this date.
22nd May 2019
Voting slips will be posted out to all entitled Members by this date together with the procedures for voting.
12th July 2019
Voting slips in the correct envelope supplied must be received by the NRA office by mail or by hand, no later than 5.00pm on this date.
Scrutineers appointed by the Council
To be notified after the Council Meeting on 13th April 2019.
Results
All results will be confirmed at the General Council meeting in September.
Routine Vacancies
There will be the following vacancies in 2019, all of whom are entitled to stand for re-election.
Five Ordinary Members
M Maksimovic
RM Roberts
Mrs KD Robertson
I Thomson
SCW Dixon
Three Regional Members
G Trembath – Northern
Dr JD Warburton (GM GC SB3) – Yorkshire and Humberside
HF Dunton – Eastern
Three Shooting Discipline Members
CES Dickenson – Target Rifle
DN Kent – F Class
Dr AP Wolpe – Muzzle Loading
* Not standing for re-election
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General News
General Council Election – Results
Please find below the results of the recent General Council elections which took place in September 2022 for the following vacancies:
- Election of Trustees on Council
- Appointment of Treasurer
- Appointment to General Council as the Muzzle Loading Discipline Representative
NRA General Council Elections – September 2022
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General News
General Council Elections – Electronic Voting
Voting has opened for the General Council Elections 2020 and all NRA members who have a valid email address on the NRA database will receive an email today from Mi-Voice who are conducting the elections on the NRA’s behalf.
NRA members without a valid email address will receive ballot papers in the post.
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General News
Elections to General Council Committees – Results
The results of the elections to the following committees of General Council can be found in the link below:
- Chairman of Young Shooters Fund
- Non-Lawyer Member of Disciplinary Body
- Member of Membership Committee
NRA General Council Elections – Feb 2022
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