Elections 2024
The 2024 elections to the Trust’s Council of Governors has now taken place. You can find the results for each constituency below.
The Blackpool constituency was uncontested with nominations closing on 2 August.
The following candidates were elected unopposed:
- Philip Ainscough
- Nigel Patterson
- Patricia Roche
- Rick Scott
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Result |
|
Michael Farrell |
54 |
Elected |
|
John Moore |
48 |
Elected |
|
Sophie Mellor |
40 |
Elected |
|
Carol Gradwell |
34 |
|
|
Nicholas Hill |
30 |
|
|
Simon Wilsdon |
27 |
|
|
James Wilson |
23 |
|
|
Gina Kitchen |
17 |
|
|
David Harris |
17 |
|
|
Shelia Jefferson |
13 |
|
Number of eligible Votes: 902
Votes cast by Post: 82
Votes cast on line: 41
Total Number of votes cast: 123
Turnout: 13.6%
Number of votes found to be invalid: 21
Total number of valid votes to be counted: 121
| Candidate | Votes | Result |
| John Bamford | 96 | Elected |
| Christina Mckenzie Townsend | 81 | Elected |
| Teresa Coram | 59 | Elected |
| Tom Bolton | 48 | |
| Paul Taylor | 47 | |
| Charlie Houston | 39 | |
| Robert Drobny | 38 | |
| John Peter McGailey | 34 | |
| Stephen Nicholls | 24 |
Number of eligible Votes: 1,180
Votes cast by Post: 122
Votes cast on line: 56
Total Number of votes cast: 178
Turnout: 15.1%
Number of votes found to be invalid: 1
Total number of valid votes to be counted: 177
| Candidate | Votes | Result |
| Shajil Chalil | 53 (confirmed by recount) | Elected |
| Alex Blackmore | 51 | |
| Anthony Kearns | 33 |
Number of eligible Votes: 490
Votes cast on line: 137
Total Number of votes cast: 137
Turnout: 28.0%
Number of votes found to be invalid: 0
Total number of valid votes to be counted: 137
Civica Election 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 election:-
- was sent the details of the election and
- if they chose to participate in the election, 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 CES is satisfied that these were in accordance with accepted good electoral practice.
All voting material will be stored for 12 months.
