AGM results

2021 voting results

Thank you to our members who voted in the 2021 Annual General Meeting. This year 106,754 members voted, which represents 8.9% of our eligible membership.

The table below shows the total number of votes cast. Members voted to approve the resolutions and the election and re-election of all directors.

To ensure fairness and accuracy, the AGM vote was independently scrutinised by Civica Election Services.

You can read our 2021 Annual General Meeting minutes here.

2021 results

Ordinary resolutions	Result
To receive the Directors' Report, Annual Accounts and Annual Business Statement for the year ended 31 December 2020.	For: 104,836 Against: 1,052 Withheld: 862 In favour: 99.0%
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020. The vote is advisory and Directors' remuneration is not conditional on it.	For: 96,172 Against: 8,326 Withheld: 2,253 In favour: 92.0%
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as auditor of the Society to hold office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.	For: 100,919 Against: 4,387 Withheld: 1,448 In favour: 95.8%

Election and re-election of directors

To re-elect Iraj Amiri as a director.	For: 100,901 Against: 4,090 Withheld: 1,759 In favour: 96.1%
To re-elect Catherine Martina Mary Doran as a director.	For: 101,878 Against: 3,374 Withheld: 1,492 In favour: 96.8%
To re-elect Peter Nicholas Frost as a director.	For: 101,903 Against: 3,194 Withheld: 1,653 In favour: 97.0%
To re-elect Gary Andrew Hoffman as a director.	For: 101,350 Against: 3,663 Withheld: 1,734 In favour: 96.5%
To re-elect Joanne Louise Kenrick as a director.	For: 101,815 Against: 3,433 Withheld: 1,491 In favour: 96.7%
To re-elect Shamira Mohammed as a director.	For: 101,489 Against: 3,610 Withheld: 1,646 In favour: 96.6%
To re-elect Martin Alastair Stewart as a director.	For: 101,859 Against: 3,203 Withheld: 1,683 In favour: 97.0%
To elect Stephen James Hughes as a director.	For: 101,626 Against: 3,363 Withheld: 1,759 In favour: 96.8%
To elect Brendan John O'Connor as a director.	For: 101,459 Against: 3,375 Withheld: 1,913 In favour: 96.8%

Are you eligible to vote in the AGM?

More than 1 million members are invited to vote in our AGM each year.

Eligible members:

Are 18 years of age or over on the date of the AGM.
Are first-named on a Coventry mortgage or savings account.
Owe at least £100 on a mortgage with Coventry Building Society or hold at least £100 in savings accounts with Coventry Building Society as at 31 December in the year before the AGM.
Must continue to owe at least £100 on a mortgage to the Society or hold savings with the Society up to and including the date of the AGM.

Go for a paperless vote

If you are registered for Online Services, you can update your settings to receive information about our Annual General Meeting by email and we'll send you the codes you'll need to be able to vote online.

Updating your AGM preferences

If you're eligible to vote at our Annual General Meeting, and have registered to receive emails from us, we'll send you a link to the official Notice of Meeting and Summary Financial Statement. We'll also provide you with details about the meeting itself and how you can cast your vote online. Our AGM is usually held in April each year.

Please note, you'll need to confirm your paperless preferences by 1 February for them to apply to the next AGM. Any changes you make after 1 February will affect your AGM settings in future years only.

You have the option to change your AGM settings at any time within Online Services.

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