Dr Richard Vautrey is both the chair of the BMA GP committee in England and chair of GPC UK. He was elected to these roles in 2017 after having been a member of the GPC executive team since 2004. He has represented GPs in Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield on GPC since 2001. He is also a nationally elected member of BMA Council. He is a GP partner in a practice in Leeds and the assistant secretary of Leeds LMC.