AGM results
Thank you to our members who voted in the 2023 Annual General Meeting. This year 82,857 members voted, which represents 7.08% 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.
2023 voting results
| Ordinary Resolutions | Result |
| 1. To receive the Directors’ Report, Annual Accounts and Annual Business Statement for the year ended 31 December 2022. | For: 81,573 Against: 641 Withheld: 635 In favour: 99.2% |
2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022.
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For: 75,141 Against: 5,949 Withheld: 1,759 In favour: 92.7% |
3. To approve the Remuneration Policy.
The vote is advisory and Directors' remuneration is not conditional on it. |
For: 74,672 Against: 6,207 Withheld: 1,971 In favour: 92.3% |
4. To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers UK (PwC) as Auditors of the Society to hold office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. |
For: 78,838 Against: 2,926 Withheld: 1,084 In favour: 96.4% |
| Election and re-election of directors | Result |
| 5. To elect David Thorburn as a director. | For: 79,269 Against: 2,231 Withheld: 1,348 In favour: 97.3% |
| 6. To re-elect Stephen James Hughes as a director. | For: 79,065 Against: 2,480 Withheld: 1,300 In favour: 97.0% |
7. To re-elect Iraj Amiri as a director.
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For: 78,581 Against: 2,865 Withheld: 1,394 In favour: 96.5% |
8. To re-elect Joanne Louise Kenrick as a director. |
For: 79,245 Against: 2,425 Withheld: 1,174 In favour: 97.0% |
9. To re-elect Shamira Mohammed as a director. |
For: 78,832 Against: 2,691 Withheld: 1,320 In favour: 96.7% |
10. To re-elect Brendan O'Connor as a director. |
For: 78,946 Against: 2,503 Withheld: 1,396 In favour: 96.9% |
11. To re-elect Lee Raybould as a director. |
For: 79,254 Against: 2,311 Withheld: 1,275 In favour: 97.2% |
| 12. To re-elect Martin Alastair Stewart as a director. | For: 79,142 Against: 2,354 Withheld: 1,347 In favour: 97.1% |
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 Building Society 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 preferences to receive information about our AGM 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 AGM, and have registered to receive emails from us, we'll send you a link to the official Notice of AGM 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.
You have the option to change your AGM preferences at any time within Online Services.
