Announcement of the first Speaker of the ECPR Council

The ECPR are pleased to announce the election results for the Speaker of the ECPR Council. Professor David Farrell, University College Dublin received 51.6 per cent of the votes and is declared elected to serve as Speaker of the ECPR Council from 1 March 2013 to 29 February 2016.

After constitutional changes in 2012, the ECPR created the position of Speaker of the ECPR Council. The responsibilities of the Speaker are as follows: 

• to chair Council meetings;
• to liaise with the Executive Committee over business matters and the formulation of the agenda for Council meetings;
• to serve as Senior Returning Officer for Executive Committee elections;
• to serve as general liaison point for members of Council vis-à-vis the ECPR; and
• to draft and propose revisions to the Standing Orders of Council for approval by the Council. 

The Speaker will be elected for a three-year term, not concurrent with the term of the Executive Committee, and can be re-elected once.