GPC election results 2017
Dr Michelle Drage has been re-elected to the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, Dr Pamela Martin from Lewisham has also been elected. Their specific constituencies are:
- Dr Michelle Drage representing Hillingdon, Brent, Harrow, Ealing, Hammersmith and Houslow.
- Dr Pamela Martin representing Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth, Bexley, Greenwich, and Bromley.
Outside of London seven other seats have been filled:
- Dr Dean Eggitt representing Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
- Dr John Rawlinson representing Berkshire and Hampshire.
- Dr Matt Mayer representing Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
- Dr Peter Horvath-Howard representing Dyfed Powys and North Wales.
- Dr John Ip representing Greater Glasgow.
- Dr Douglas Moederle-Lumb representing North Yorkshire, Bradford and Airedale.
- Dr Uzma Ahmad representing Sandwall, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Dudley.
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