Hope of end to actors’ charity row dashed after elections suspended

More than 100 of the charity’s 750 members turned up in person to vote at the AGM at London’s Soho theatre. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Hopes of an immediate resolution to the bitter and long-running dispute at the top of a high-profile actors’ charity have been dashed after elections to form a new ruling council were dramatically suspended amid concerns over voting.

The Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) said on Wednesday evening that its annual general meeting had been adjourned after votes had been cast and counted but before results were announced, after unspecified concerns were raised about online votes.