General Synod Representatives

The candidates elected to represent the Birmingham diocese are:

As members of the House of Laity:
Mrs Dawn Brathwaite
Mr William Guy Shubra Hordern
Dr Rachel Jepson

As Proctors in Convocation (House of Clergy):
The Revd Philip Calvert
The Revd Canon Douglas Machiridza

Please continue to hold all your elected representatives and the work of the General Synod in your prayers.

General Synod By-Election 2024

The General Synod is the legislative body of the Church of England. It is the place where decisions and policies are made which will determine how the Church of England moves into the future in its service of God’s Kingdom and this nation.  Revd Tim Bateman is moving to a different diocese and as a result, a casual vacancy has arisen amongst the members representing the Diocese of Birmingham in the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury - “The House of Clergy”.  A by-election is to be held to fill this place for the remainder of the General Synod Quinquennium 2021-2026.

The election

The election process will be online and electors will be emailed login details to the election sites which will enable them to make nominations and to vote when the time comes.

Timetable

Friday 8 March
Nominations open
Friday 5 April at 12 noon
Nominations close
Friday 12 April at 12 noon
Deadline for election address
Friday 19 April
Voting Opens
Friday 24 May at 12 noon
Voting Closes
Tuesday 28 May
The count (exact time to be confirmed)

Any member of clergy who holds ecclesiastical office in a diocese or cathedral and who is a member of a deanery synod can stand for election to the House of Clergy for their diocese. You will need two clergy people in the diocese to nominate you.

Invitations to nominate have already been sent to all qualified electors.

Completed Nominations must be submitted no later than 12 noon, Friday 5 April 2024.

For more information about the General Synod and the election process click here.

For more information about the work of the General Synod click here.

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