The Department for Education has today released the full list of candidates standing in the election to become a headteacher board member. The eight boards are made up headteachers and senior leaders from academies, who advise regional school commissioners on key decisions, including on school takeovers. There are three positions up for grabs on each of the boards. The election was opened last month. Candidates will soon have a biography published on the dedicated election website, which can be viewed here, before voting starts on September 8. Winners will be announced “before Autumn half-term”. Listed below are the candidates standing for each Regional Schools Commissioner region: East Midlands and the Humber Peter Bell Adam Cooper Ged Fitzpatrick Pauline Hagen OBE Sian Hampton Lee Hessey Anne Martin Chris Mulqueen Adrian O’Malley Roisin Paul Carolyn Robson Inderjit Sandhu Paul Stone Cathy Taylor Andrew Truby East of England and North-East London Shahina Ahmad Andrew Berry Tom Canning Susannah Connell Brian Conway Caroline Derbyshire Jodh Dhesi Iain Michael Erskine Joseph Figg Simon Gilbert-Barnham Rich Green Justin James Karen Kerridge Rachel Macfarlane Helena Marsh Rebecca Newman Diane Rochford Jonathan Taylor Angela Tempany Lancashire and West Yorkshire Richard Ballantine Julie Bradley Karen Bramwell Jane Chambers Farhat Choudry Michael Gosling Pauline Hagen OBE Royston Halford David Horn Tuesday Humby Duncan Jacques Deborah Mason Jo Morgan Louise Smith Michael Tonge David Watson Jon Wright North of England Debi Bailey Zoe Carr Chris Clarke Nick Hurn Dean Judson Lesley Powell North-West London and South-Central England Sarah Bennett Dame Sue Bourne DBE Jamie Clarke Gill Labrum Nikki Lamond Frances Manning Andrew Markham Terry Molloy Vicky Parsey Tom Rees Claire Robins Andy Squires Teresa Tunnadine CBE Michelle Willett South-East England and South London David Boyle Sir Andrew Carter OBE Jon Chaloner Graham Chisnell Alex Clark Llyn Codling Paula Farrow Beverley Gardner David Harris Declan Jones Lee Mason-Ellis Alex Russell Nardeep Sharma Rebecca Stacey Marie Sweetlove Annemarie Whittle South-West England Sally Apps Lynn Atkinson Jonathan Bishop Neil Blundell Martin Brook Gary Chown Ian Cload Clare Crowle George Croxford Barbara Daykin Suzanne Flack Robert Gasson Catherine Hughes Paul Jones Catriona Mangham Siobhan Meredith Will Morgan Jo Perry Antus Phillips Paul Rushforth David Sammels Steve Savory Simon Spry Liz West Jan Woodhouse West Midlands Michael Barratt Dame Mo Brennan Christopher Brislen Nicola Clay David Coaché Rebecca Cox Steve Docking Mike Donoghue Stephen Dunster Jane Edgerton Catherine Lewis Jo Morgan Martin Murphy Hazel Pulley Richard Redgate Geraint Roberts Kevin Simpson Sinead Smith Dan Thomas Elizabeth Threlkeld Darren Turner Margaret Yates