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The three categories of Governors

 

Under our application for NHS Foundation Trust status, three categories of Governors for our Board of Governors will be elected each year by members:

• Patient (total: 8 Governors)

 

• Public (total: 7 Governors)

 

• Staff (total: 4 Governors)

 

Each member is given a specified number of votes depending on the constituency (group) to which they belong. They allocate these votes to the candidate Governors in their constituency (group) only.

 

The most 'popular' candidate Governors are then elected as Governors for each group filling the number of vacant positions.

 

To allow for some Governors in each group to be elected each year, the terms of office were staggered from three to two to one year, depending on the number of votes the Governors received during the first elections in 2004. From now on, all newly elected Governors will serve a three-year term.

 

 

Board of Governors Election 2012

(Election of three patient, three public and one staff governor to the Board of Governors.)

 

Election management by Electoral Reform Services

 

Notice of Election – nomination papers available from ERS	Monday 5 March 2012
Governor awareness session for potential candidates	Tuesday 13 March 2012 in the Boardroom (1730 – 1900 hrs)
Governor awareness session for potential candidates	Friday 23 March 2012 in the Boardroom (1400 – 1530 hrs)
Deadline for nominations to be submitted	1200 hrs - Thursday 29 March 2012
ERS to publish statement of candidates upon validation	Tuesday 3 April 2012
Last date for receipt of registration forms from new members	Wednesday 4 April 2012
Last date for candidate withdrawal	1200 hrs – Thursday 5 April 2012
Notice of Poll published – ballot papers dispatched by ERS	Wednesday 25 April 2012
‘Meet the Candidates’ event for staff governor nominations	Thursday 3 May 2012 – 1230 to 1400 hrs, Entrance to Food Court, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
‘Meet the Candidates’ event for patient and public governor nominations	Thursday 3 May 2012 – 1730 to 1900 hrs in the Lower Hall, the Centre St Pauls, Hills Road, Cambridge
Closing date for election	1200 hrs - Wed 16 May 2012
Election result announced	Thursday 17 May 2012
Term begins for new governors	Sunday 1 July 2012

 

Board of Governors Election 2011

Results

Our report of voting for the above elections, which closed yesterday at noon, is as follows:

Public constituency

Number of eligible voters:		7,521
Total number of votes cast:		1,887
Turnout:		25.1%
Number of votes found to be invalid:		5
Blank or Spoilt No declaration form received	5 0
Total number of valid votes to be counted:		1,882

Result (3 to elect)

BURCHMORE, Helen	680	Elected
WILLIAMSON, Lorne	559
SISUPALAN, Balan	106
MUNIR, Kamal Ahmed	408
FULLER, David	324
BROWN, Daryl	719	Elected
BYGOTT, Tom	551
FRANCIS, Gillian	1,148	Elected
SMITH, Patrick Douglas	401
MASSEY, Sean	382

 

Patients’ constituency

Result (2 to elect)

KHAN, Yasmin	318
WOOLMER, Bev	1,459	Elected
JACOBSBERG, Fred	1,423	Elected
WILLIAMS, Sinead Lesley	1,219

                      

Staff constituency

Number of eligible voters:		7,447
Total number of votes cast:		991
Turnout:		13.3%
Number of votes found to be invalid:		5
Blank or Spoilt No declaration form received	5 0
Total number of valid votes to be counted:		986

Result (1 to elect)

WOOD, Lesley	324
LESTER, Peter	363	Elected
HODDER, Richard William	299

                                

 

Electoral Reform Services can confirm that, as far as reasonably practicable, every person whose name appeared on the electoral roll supplied to us for the purpose of the ballot:-

1. was sent the details of the ballot and
2. if they chose to participate in the ballot, had their vote fairly and accurately recorded.

The elections were conducted in accordance with the rules and constitutional arrangements as set out previously by the Trust, and ERS is satisfied that these were in accordance with accepted good electoral practice.

 

All voting material will be stored for twelve months.

 

 

 

 

 

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