Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017
The Society held its AGM on Wednesday 26 July 2017. 17,988 members voted, representing 7.79% of eligible members.
Electoral Reform Services (ERS) independently scrutinised the proxy voting. Each of the resolutions and elections were carried. Votes cast by proxy and at the Meeting are shown below.
| RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | % IN FAVOUR | WITHHELD* | |
| Ordinary Resolutions | |||||
| 1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 17,564 | 255 | 98.57% | 163 |
| 2 | To appoint KPMG LLP as the Society's Auditor | 17,085 | 703 | 96.05% | 191 |
| 3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 15,814 | 1,830 | 89.63% | 338 |
| 4 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 15,670 | 1,929 | 89.04% | 383 |
| Election and re-election of Directors | |||||
| 5a | To elect Mahomed Ashraf Piranie | 16,532 | 1,049 | 94.03% | 402 |
| 5b | To elect Stuart James Turner | 16,754 | 836 | 95.25% | 391 |
| 5c | To re-elect Mark Patrick Nicholls | 16,570 | 1,034 | 94.13% | 379 |
| 5d | To re-elect Martin Howard Ritchley | 16,540 | 1,078 | 93.88% | 363 |
| 5e | To re-elect Richard Francis Sommers | 16,694 | 917 | 94.79% | 372 |
*The 'Withheld' figures are not included in the calculation of '% in Favour'.