Congratulations to the six successful candidates elected to CSP Council.
The newly elected members of the CSP Council are: Gabriel Ford, Kate Lough, Gbemisola Ojebode, Gillian Rawlinson, Srikesavan Sabapathy and Sylvia Wojciechowski.
They will take up their roles from the CSP annual general meeting (AGM) on 20 October.
A total of 16 members nominated themselves to stand for the six council places. Voting took place from 1 June – 6 July, with 5.67 per cent of CSP members voting.
John Cowman, chief executive said: ‘We are delighted to welcome the newly elected and re-elected council members who truly reflect the breadth of physiotherapy.
‘I look forward to working with them all to respond to all the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Being a council member is a real opportunity to make a difference, and I am delighted these members have stepped forward to help lead us
The newly elected members join six of the current council members whose term continues after the AGM: Alexandra Spearritt, Robert Davies, Manessa Faal, Senthil Karadiar, Chris Richards and Claire Small.
Thank you also to outgoing council members whose term will finish at the AGM: Caroline Abbott and Kelly Walker.
Election procedure
Council elections are open to all fully subscribing CSP members, who are eligible to run (as detailed in the CSP’s byelaws) as long as they adhere to the election regulations and canvassing guidelines. The nominations and ballot process is run independently from the CSP.
As the CSP is also a trade union, these elections are held in line with trade union legislation. The CSP Council was elected by a postal ballot of all members held under the single transferable vote system (STV).
Jacqui Traynor, CSP assistant director head of governance, thanked members who took part in the voting: 'We are grateful to all the members who voted in this year’s elections.
'There is always more to do and we are keen to engage more members to participate in future elections.
'We hope that this will be made easier by a change in law for trade unions and we are looking at readying ourselves for electronic voting in future.'
If you have any queries about the nomination and ballot process, contact the CSP governance team.
Administration of CSP Council elections
The CSP Council elections were administered by Civica Election Services Limited, who acted as independent scrutineers of the nomination and ballot process.
Read the Civica Election Services Ltd’s Report of Council Election Voting 2026:
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