Result of the Special General Meeting, 29 May 2009

At a Special General Meeting of the LMS held on 29 May 2009, the membership rejected by 591 to 458 (56% to 44%) the proposals to wind up the Society and create a new unified mathematical society with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. The vote reflects concerns by some members at the plans and the importance of ensuring that the work that the Society currently does in support of mathematics, through its conferences, grants and publishing, in particular, would be maintained.

The Society's Council will meet on 3 July to receive the results of the voting, and to consider implications for the Society's future plans. The Council has previously indicated that, whatever the outcome of the vote, it retains its commitment to close working with the IMA into the future and the benefits for mathematics that result.

Council thanks the Society's Scrutineers, Professor Alan Camina and Professor Peter Saunders, for the work they put into overseeing the voting for the Referendum in March and the two Special General Meetings, in April and May.

For further information contact the Executive Secretary, Peter Cooper, at the Society's headquarters (tel: 020 7637 3686; email: peter.cooper@lms.ac.uk)