Membership Council elections 2010

The Trust will hold elections to the Membership Council of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

Elections are to be held for the following positions:

Seven Patient Councillors in the following constituencies:

• East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey (1 vacancy)
• Greater London (2 vacancies)
• Elsewhere in England (2 vacancies)
• Carer (2 vacancies)

One Public Councillor in the following constituency:

• Sutton and Merton (1 vacancy)

Four Staff Councillors in the following constituencies:

• Nurse (1 vacancy)
• Doctor (1 vacancy)
• Other Clinical (1 vacancy)
• Non-Clinical (1 vacancy)

Candidates

The following nominees will be candidates in the election:

Constituency name	Full name	Member of a political party	Financial and other interests in the Trust
Carer	Lesley-Ann Gooden	None	None
Carer	John Preston	None	None
Patient, East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey	James Laxton	None	None
Patient, Elsewhere in England	Dennis Arthur Hewitt	Conservative Party	None
Patient, Elsewhere in England	Sally Mason	None	None
Patient, Elsewhere in England	Vikki Orvice	None	None
Patient, Elsewhere in England	Donald Watson	None	None
Patient, Greater London	Hilary Bateson	None	None
Patient, Greater London	Doris Campbell	None	None
Patient, Greater London	Emma Farthing	None	None
Patient, Greater London	Lois German (Cheesman)	None	None
Patient, Greater London	Geoff Harding	None	Present member of the Membership Council
Patient, Greater London	Fernanda Herford	None	None
Public, Sutton and Merton	Tony Hazeldine	None	None
Staff, Non-Clinical	Kim Andrews	None	None
Staff, Non-Clinical	Rajesh Dewan	None	None
Staff, Nurses	Lorraine Hyde	None	None
Staff, Doctors	Ian Edward Smith	None	I am an employee
Staff, Other Clinical	Nina Kite	None	None

The contact address for each of these candidates is christy.gerould@electoralreform.co.uk or by post to:

c/o Returning Officer, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Electoral Reform Services Limited
The Election Centre
33 Clarendon Road
London N8 0NW

Election timeline

The deadline for nominations was 18 February 2010.

The deadline for nominees to withdraw their nomination was 23 February 2010.

Ballot papers will be distributed to qualifying members on Friday 12 March 2010.

Completed ballot papers must be received by the Independent Scrutineer by 5pm on Thursday 15 April 2010.

Regulations, independent scrutineer and returning officer

The regulations governing this election can be obtained from Electoral Reform Services Ltd (address as above).

The Independent Scrutineer for these elections is Electoral Reform Services Ltd (address as above).

The Returning Officer for these elections is Christy Gerould of Electoral Reform Services Ltd (address as above).