Election of architects to the Architects Registration Board 2006

Election of architects to the Architects Registration Board 2006 (08/03/2006)

Click here to download ARB Elections 2006 - Summary of Results (MS Excel Format).

Voting in the election having closed at noon on 1 March 2006, and having now been advised by Electoral Reform Services of the votes cast, I am able to announce that the architects elected to serve as Board Members from

1 April 2006 to 31 March 2009, in order of election are:

SALTER, Derek
OLDHAM, George
TWEDDELL, Nicholas
BROCK, Colin
BENZIE, Mark
WOOLLEY, Tom
LUPTON, Sarah

Number of ballot papers despatched: 31,231
Number of ballot papers returned: 7,466
Number of invalid ballot papers: 35
Number of valid ballot papers counted:7,431

Notes for Editors
Percentage of eligible voters who voted: 23%

Details of current appointments or professional field of practice for the successful candidates:

Derek Salter
Principal in private practice with Salmon Speed, based in Muswell Hill, London

George Oldham

Architect practising in Northumberland with Oldham Associates. Teaches and writes.

Nicholas Tweddell
Architect working in Worcestershire for Nicholas Tweddell and Company Limited, and former ARB Board member from April 2003 to April 2005

Colin Brock
Principal in private practice in the W7 area of London; author; Proprietor – Building Record

Mark Benzie
In-house architect with Berkeley Homes (Oxford and Chiltern) based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Tom Woolley
Professor of Architecture, Queen’s University, Belfast; involved in a small country practice in Northern Ireland; former Council member of ARCUK

Sarah Lupton
Partner with Lupton Stellakis in the NW3 area of London; Senior Lecturer, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University; chairs the RIBA’s President’s Advisory Committee on Dispute Resolution

ARB is the statutory body established by Parliament under the Architects Act 1997 to regulate the UK architects’ profession in the public interest. The Act requires ARB (inter alia) to:

• Maintain the Register of Architects (Section 3)

• Prescribe qualifications for entry to the Register of Architects (Section 4)

• Deal with competence to practise (Section 9)

• Issue a Code which lays down standards of professional conduct and practice (Section 13)

• Regulate use of the title “architect” and prosecute those who use it fraudulently (Section 20)

ARB has a Board of 15 members, seven of whom are architects elected by the profession. The remaining eight are members of the public appointed by the Privy Council to represent the interests of consumers and users of architectural services. They are:

Professor Alice Brown
Alan Crane CBE
Richard Henchley
David Jones (from 1 April 2006)
Humphrey LLoyd (Chairman)
Professor Nirmala Rao
Jane Rees
Michael Starling