2025 ARM Division seat allocations
ARM is our main policy-forming meeting, where you can discuss, debate and vote on motions which form the policy that directs our association in the year ahead and for the future.
Half of the seats to ARM are allocated to BMA divisions. Elections are conducted via the BMA's online nomination and election system across all division areas in the UK. This means that all BMA members will have the opportunity to nominate and vote in these elections.
| Key dates | |
|---|---|
| 11 December | Nominations for ARM division representatives open |
| 14 January | Nominations for ARM division representative close |
| 17 January | Election for ARM division representatives open |
| 13 February | Election for ARM division representative close |
| 23 – 25 June | ARM 2025, ACC Liverpool and online |
Contested division elections
If you're a member of one of the divisions below, an election is being held to determine who will be your representative. Check your emails for your invitation to vote, or vote directly via our elections portal.
- Argyll and Bute
- Ayrshire and Arran
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire
- Birmingham
- Black Country
- Blackpool
- Bradford and Airedale
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale
- Burton and District
- Calderdale
- Cambridge, Huntingdon and Ely
- Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- City and Hackney
- Cornwall
- Coventry & Warwickshire
- Crewe
- Derby
- Dewsbury, Pontefract and Wakefield
- Doncaster
- The Dukeries
- Dundee
- East Berkshire
- East Cumbria
- East Dorset
- Eastern (NI)
- East and North Hertfordshire
- East Surrey
- East Yorkshire
- Enfield and Haringey
- Exeter and Mid-Devon
- Furness
- Gateshead
- Grampian
- Greater Glasgow
- Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley
- Guildford
- Gwent and South Powys
- Harrogate
- Huddersfield
- Inverness
- Islington
- Kent and Medway
- Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham
- Lanarkshire
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Leicestershire and Rutland
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Lothian
- Macclesfield
- Manchester and Salford
- Mid-Glamorgan
- Mid-Northumberland
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Northallerton
- Northampton District
- North Bedfordshire
- North central London
- North Devon
- North Durham
- North east London
- North Essex
- North-East Wales
- Northern (NI)
- North and Mid-Staffordshire
- North Northumberland
- North-West London
- North-West Wales
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Ormskirk and Skelmersdale
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth and South East Hampshire
- Preston, Chorley and South Ribble
- Renfrewshire
- St Helens and Knowsley
- Salisbury
- Scarborough
- Scunthorpe
- Sefton
- Sheffield
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- Somerset
- Southampton and South West Hampshire
- South Bedfordshire
- South Devon
- South Essex
- Southern (NI)
- South Tyneside
- South-West London
- Stockport
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Suffolk
- Sunderland
- Swindon
- Tower Hamlets
- Trafford
- Warrington
- Western (NI)
- West Glamorgan
- West Hertfordshire
- West Sussex
- Woking and Chertsey
- Worcestershire and Herefordshire
- York
Division representatives elected unopposed
Representatives for the following divisions have been elected unopposed, so no election will be required.
- Aldershot, Farnham and Frimley
- Angus
- Blackburn
- Bolton and Wigan
- Bury
- Darlington
- East Sussex
- Edgware and Hendon
- Forth Valley
- Gloucestershire
- Great Yarmouth and Waveney
- Grimsby
- Guernsey and Alderney
- Hexham
- Holland
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Wight
- Kesteven
- Kettering
- Mid-Downs
- Mid-Surrey, Kingston and Esher
- North Tyneside
- Oldham
- Orkney
- Perth and Kinross
- Rochdale
- Rotherham
- South Tees
- Tameside
- West and South-West Wales
- West Berkshire
- West Derbyshire
- West Dorset
- West Norfolk and Wisbech
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Winchester
- Wirral
Unfilled seats
There are a total of 17 unfilled seats, due to no nominations, in accordance with byelaw 31 these will be reallocated to their respective councils:
- Scottish council (10 seats)
- North east regional council (2 seats)
- Welsh council (1 seat)
- South West regional council (1 seat)
- North west regional council (1 seat)
- London regional council (1 seat)
- South central regional council (1 seat)
If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact [email protected]
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