College elections

A total of 978 votes (23 per cent) were cast in the College of Optometrists' 2006 elections to council, held in October.

There were ballots for four regions London, North West, Scotland and South East, with the following elected to serve as council members for the next three years.

Jane Macnaughton, David Parkins, and Noreen Rahman were elected for London, Jayesh Patel and Tony Trowsdale for the South East, Hal Rollason for Scotland and Cindy Tromans and Kamlesh Chauhan for the North West.

Council members elected unopposed were Kamlesh Gohil for the East, Sarah Townsend for the North East, Vinesh Patel for the East Midlands, Sarah Bickerton and David MacVeigh for the South West and Sue Stentiford for Yorkshire and Humberside.