NFU Election update
2 February 2000
NFU Election update
About the election
THE first officeholders election of the new millennium is the first time a sitting president of the NFU has seen his post challenged.
The candidates:
Ben Gill Tony Pexton |
Tim Bennett Richard Haddock Tony Pexton |
Tim Bennett Richard Haddock Rad Thomas Richard Watson Jones |
Michael Lambert John Lampitt Peter Limb Adrian Peck |
Related stories
Gill re-elected as NFU chief (02 February, 2000)
Haddock – the leader who never was (28 January, 2000) Union members demand postal vote (28 January, 2000) Its no betrayal – Haddock (27 January, 2000) Haddock abandons NFU challenge (27 January, 2000) Haddock voted Personality of the Year (31 December, 1999) Keep the faith, Gill tells farmers (21 December, 1999) More challengers for NFU top jobs (15 December, 1999) Pexton unveils NFU leadership bid (14 December, 1999) Ben Gill faces leadership challenge (10 December, 1999)
BEN Gill has been re-elected as president of the National Farmers Union.
RICHARD Haddock could have become president of the National Farmers Union had ordinary farmers been allowed to decide.
GRASSROOTS members of the NFU will be allowed to attend the unions AGM in London for the time ever next week.
RICHARD HADDOCK has insisted he has not betrayed his radical roots by withdrawing his challenge for the NFU presidency.
MILITANT farmer Richard Haddock has unexpectedly withdrawn his leadership challenge against Ben Gill, president of the National Farmers Union.
CONTROVERSIAL farmers leader Richard Haddock has been voted Personality of the Year by readers of Farmers Weekly magazine.
FARMERS leader Ben Gill has urged Britains producers to unite and hold tight to the belief that the new millennium will bring hope to their industry.
MORE candidates have emerged in the leadership race which could see Ben Gill ousted as president of the National Farmers Union.
TONY PEXTON, deputy president of the National Farmers Union, has spoken for the first time about his leadership challenge against NFU president Ben Gill.
BEN GILL, president of the National Farmers Union, faces a leadership challenge following his handling of the crisis in agriculture.