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Governor elections 2023

Governors are elected to the organisation’s Council of Governors by our West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) members, including public and staff.

Our Council of Governors are made up of elected and appointed governors. Elected governors are from our public and staff constituencies. Appointed governors represent stakeholder organisations that we work with to deliver services such as the local council and representatives from the local health and care system.

There are 26 elected governors on the Council of Governors:

  • 14 public governors
  • Five staff governors
  • Seven partner governors.

Partner governors are nominated to represent Suffolk County Council, West Suffolk Council, University of Cambridge, West Suffolk College, Friends of West Suffolk Hospital and the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System.


Governor elections 2023

The Governor Elections’ results are now in!  Firstly, we would like to thank all those who took part.  We had a very good turnout for this year’s elections, with 31 candidates standing for the 19 seats, with each of the public and staff constituencies strongly contested.  

The election results have been published and they can be found below.

Public governors

  • Jane Skinner - 469 votes
  • Val Dutton - 438 votes
  • Jayne Neal - 413 votes 
  • Anna Conochie - 378 votes 
  • Ben Lord - 369 votes 
  • Elizabeth Hodder - 313 votes 
  • Clare Rose - 310 votes 
  • Sarah Hanratty - 296 votes 
  • Adrian Osborne - 260 votes 
  • Michael Simpkin - 259 votes 
  • Rebecca Poynter - 252 votes 
  • Tom Murray - 234 votes 
  • Carol Bull - 217 votes 
  • Helen Harlow - 211 votes

Number of eligible votes - 6881
Votes cast by post - 418
Votes cast online - 264 
Total number of votes cast - 682
Turnout - 9.9%
Number of votes found to be invalid - 6
Total number of valid votes to be counted - 676

Staff governors

  • Adam Musgrove - 474 votes 
  • Louisa Honeybun - 416 votes 
  • Anna Clapton - 399 votes 
  • John Paul Holt - 360 votes 
  • Andy Morris - 319 votes

Number of eligible votes - 6173
Votes cast online - 1007
Turnout number of votes cast - 1007
Turnout - 16.3%
Total number of valid votes to be counted - 1,007