RBH Representative Body new members

RBH members at the 2015 Annual Members Meeting

The new tenant and employee members of the RBH Representative Body were welcomed into office at the 2015 Annual Members Meeting, held on Saturday 5 September at Middleton Arena.

RBH is the UK’s first tenant and employee co-owned mutual housing society, and the annual Representative Body elections are an opportunity to give RBH members a real say in the future of the society and the communities in which they live and work. Each year one-third of the tenant and employee Representatives are up for election.

With six tenant places available, the successful tenant candidates this year were Sue O'Donovan, Tony Heaford, Frank Altham, Pam Radcliffe, Filza Fawad and Clive Jones. 800 tenant members cast their votes, a turnout of 19.8%

The three successful employee candidates were Lesley Dobson, Bramly Scott and Sean Landsborough. 319 votes were cast by employees, a high turnout of 59.4%

They will be hitting the ground running in the coming months as they help to ensure that the society’s mutual values are put into practice to benefit neighbourhoods around the borough.

Edward Carpenter, RBH Governance Manager, said: “Congratulations to our successful election candidates who will play a key role in shaping the future of RBH.

"Our democratic elections are at the heart of our mutual society.

"We’re extremely grateful to everyone who voted in the election, and to all our candidates – successful and otherwise – for giving our members the opportunity to participate.

"We’d also like to thank our retiring representatives for all their hard work during their terms in office.”