Vacancies arise each year for Trustees and members of Boards and Council.

The candidates proposed by the Board of Trustees to fill the vacancies for Deputy-President, Vice-President, and Ordinary Member of the Board of Trustees are published in Engineering & Technology magazine.  Subject to the conditions laid down in Bye-law 64(c), members may nominate other qualified persons to fill the vacancies.  The requisite qualifications and procedures are set out in Bye-laws 61-66.

Members are also invited to nominate candidates to fill the vacancies for members of Council, the Membership and Regions Board and the Technical and Professional Services Board.  Each year there are 22 vacancies for members of Council, 4 vacancies for members of the Membership and Regions Board, 2 vacancies for members of the Technical and Professional Services Board and 2 vacancies for members of the Younger Members Board.  Nominations must follow the conditions of Bye-law 64(c).

A full list of candidates for election, with biographical details and ballot papers, is posted to all members entitled to vote.  The Board of Trustees wishes it to be known that it welcomes the exercise of the right to nominate candidates, but strongly deprecates organised canvassing for candidates by means of circulars or otherwise.  However, the Board of Trustees has agreed that members standing for election may present their candidate statements on a dedicated IET Discussion Forum, without limitation, and their supporters may make statements on that Forum in support of candidates.

A call for nominations was printed in the 8 March 2008 issue of Engineering & Technology.  The closing date for nominations  is 27 April 2008.

• Results of Ballots 2006
• Results of Ballots 2007
• Results of Ballots 2008
• Election of Trustees
• Single Transferable Vote (ERS)
• Single Transferable Vote (Wikipedia)
• Royal Charter and Bye-Laws