By The nominees have been confirmed for the NFU officeholder elections 2014 to 2016.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
President:
- Adam Quinney
- Meurig Raymond
Deputy President:
- Minette Batters
- Thomas Binns
- David Brookes
- Rosey Dunn
- Adam Quinney
Vice President:
- Minette Batters
- Thomas Binns
- Jonathan Brant
- David Brookes
- Rosey Dunn
- Robert Lasseter
- Guy Smith
The nominees will now travel around the country to every NFU region to take part in hustings.
The elections will take place at the NFU AGM on February 26 2014. Results will be posted on NFU Online as soon as they come out.
Notes to editors:
- Case studies are available on request
Where the position is uncontested, there will still be a vote, and the candidate has to reach 50 per cent of the ballot.
All nominees have given their consent to run following their nomination.
Q - How does the NFU elect its officeholders?
Throughout its 108 year history the NFU officeholders have been elected by its Council. This is currently a body of around 80, composed of delegates from the counties of England and Wales. The members of Council have all, themselves, been through an electoral process - in the case of county delegates by a postal ballot of all NFUmembers (where the post is contested). In 2014, for the first time, votes for the President, Deputy President and Vice President will be weighted according to the size of the county that delegates represent.
In recent years the NFU has introduced a number of new features, including:
- Candidates can now each make a pitch to Council at the election meeting
- Hustings are now held in each region, where the candidates can make a presentation and answer questions to open meetings of members
- A candidate's statement and video presentation will be uploaded to NFU online.
Q - How does the weighted vote work?
Each county has a number of votes, according to its size. This is worked out according to the County's share of member subscriptions in the total subscription income of the NFU.
Q - Why was this change made?
Council approved this change because it was thought to be a fairer and more proportionate system. It means that every county in England and Wales can send voting representatives to the NFU Council, but their votes accurately reflect the size of NFU membership in each county.
Region | County | Votes per County | Votes per Delegate | Votes per Chair |
(A) NFU - South East (A) | (22) NFU - Hampshire (22) | 7 | 4 | 3 |
(27) NFU - Isle of Wight (27) | 1 | NA | 1 | |
(28) NFU - Kent (28) | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
(33) NFU - Surrey (33) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
(341) NFU - West Sussex (341) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
(50) NFU - East Sussex (50) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
(40) NFU - Berks Bucks & Oxon (40) | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
(B) NFU - South West (B) | (15) NFU - Devon (15) | 17 | 9 | 8 |
(11) NFU - Cornwall (11) | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
(16) NFU - Dorset (16) | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
(46) NFU - Somerset & South Avon (4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
(21) NFU - Gloucestershire & N Avon | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
(54) NFU - Wiltshire (54) | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
(C) NFU - East Anglia (C) | (02) NFU - Beds & Hunts (02) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
(48) NFU - Suffolk (48) | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
(07) NFU - Cambridgeshire (07) | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
(18) NFU - Essex (18) | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
(24) NFU - Hertfordshire (24) | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
(36) NFU - Norfolk (36) | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
(E) NFU - West Midlands (E) | (23) NFU - Herefordshire (23) | 7 | 4 | 3 |
(45) NFU - Shropshire (45) | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
(47) NFU - Staffordshire (47) | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
(55) NFU - Worcestershire (55) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
(52) NFU - Warwickshire (52) | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
(F) NFU - East Midlands (F) | (14) NFU - Derbyshire (14) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
(30) NFU - Leics Northants & Rutlan | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
(31) NFU - Lincolnshire (31) | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
(39) NFU - Nottinghamshire (39) | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
(60) NFU - Lincs (Holland) (60) | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
(G) NFU - North East (G) | (38) NFU - Northumberland (38) | 6 | 3 | 3 |
(56) NFU - York East (56) | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
(57) NFU - North Riding & Durham (5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
(59) NFU - Yorks & West Riding (59) | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
(H) NFU - North West (H) | (29) NFU - Lancashire (29) | 8 | 4 | 4 |
(10) NFU - Cheshire (10) | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
(12) NFU - Cumbria (12) | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
(J) NFU - Wales (J) | (09) NFU - Carmarthenshire (09) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
(01) NFU - Anglesey (01) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
(04) NFU - Brecon & Radnor (04) | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
(06) NFU - Mid Gwynedd (06) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
(08) NFU - Ceredigion (08) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
(13) NFU - Clwyd (13) | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
(20) NFU - Glamorgan (20) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
(32) NFU - Merionethshire (32) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
(34) NFU - Monmouthshire (34) | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
(35) NFU - Montgomeryshire (35) | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
(41) NFU - Pembrokeshire (41) | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | Grand total | 307 | 175 | 132 |
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