A third candidate, David Thorp, was knocked out after the first stage of voting this week. Using the single transferable voting system, Ferguson won with 3793 votes to Fisher’s 2514. Turnout was 24% of the RIBA membership.
Ferguson stood on a manifesto of raising the profile of the regional architect – he is a director of Bristol-based practice Acanthus Ferguson Mann.
Ferguson will formally take up the role next year. He said that, despite the recent war of words, he had “always liked Annette”, and added “now is the time for bridge-building”.
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