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Further to POA Circular 028/2025 the closing date for receipt of branch nominations was Friday 20th June 2025.
There is ONE (1) position and 1 candidate has applied for the position of National Chair. Therefore, MARK FAIRHURST is elected unopposed and will serve as National Chair from the end of Annual Conference 2026 to the end of Annual Conference 2031.
There are TWO (2) positions and 15 candidates have applied for the position of the National Executive Committee.
Please see below a list of the candidates nominating branches, together with those branches who did not adhere to Rule 11.2 by either not providing a return, providing a late nomination or branches who were unable to hold a branch meeting within the correct time parameters.
Further information regarding ballot papers and voting will be circulated shortly.
MARK FAIRHURST – NATIONAL CHAIR (BRANCH (NOMINATIONS 51)
ALBANY BERWYN BRINSFORD
BRISTOL BROADMOOR CARSTAIRS
COLDINGLEY COOKHAM WOOD DRAKE HALL
DURHAM EDINBURGH FELTHAM
FRANKLAND FULL SUTTON GARTH
GRAMPIAN HAVERIGG HINDLEY
HULL HUMBER KIRKHAM
KIRKLEVINGTON LANCASTER FARMS LEYHILL
LINDHOLME LIVERPOOL LOW NEWTON
MAIDSTONE MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST NEWBOLD REVEL
NORTHUMBERLAND OAKWOOD PARKHURST
PSC NI RAMPTON RISLEY
ROCHESTER SEND STANDFORD HILL
STOCKEN SUDBURY SWALESIDE
THORN CROSS WANDSWORTH WARREN HILL
WETHERBY WHATTON WHITEMOOR
WOODHILL WORMWOOD SCRUBS WYMOTT
LATE NOMINATIONS (3)
BRIXTON ISLE OF MAN MANCHESTER
UNABLE TO HOLD BRANCH MEETING WITHIN THE CORRECT TIME PARAMETERS (3)
BULLINGDON MAGHABERRY STOKE HEATH
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE X 2 POSITION
ADAM CLARK – SUDBURY (NOMINATIONS 6)
BRINSFORD RISLEY STANDFORD HILL
SUDBURY WHATTON WOODHILL
JORDAN COOMBS – HULL (NOMINATIONS 6)
GRAMPIAN HULL HUMBER
LINDHOLME PSC NI WARREN HILL
ANDREW COX – WETHERBY (NOMINATIONS 2)
COOKHAM WOOD WETHERBY
MATT EVANS – BERWYN (NOMINATIONS 2)
BERWYN OAKWOOD
DAVE FERRY – FRANKLAND (NOMINATIONS 7)
COLDINGLEY FRANKLAND FULL SUTTON
LOW NEWTON NORTHUMBERLAND WHITEMOOR
WORMWOOD SCRUBS
ALAN GARRATT – LEYHILL (NOMINATIONS 2)
BRISTOL LEYHILL
MIKE HARRISON – BRINSFORD (NOMINATIONS 3)
BRINSFORD DRAKE HALL WHATTON
KEITH HOW – DURHAM (NOMINATIONS 7)
BRISTOL DURHAM HULL
KIRKLEVINGTON LINDHOLME LOW NEWTON
STOCKEN
GARY MILSON-JAMES – SEND (NOMINATIONS 7)
ALBANY COLDINGLEY ELMLEY
FELTHAM PARKHURST SEND
ROGER MORAN – LIVERPOOL (NOMINATIONS 12)
ALBANY BERWYN BROADMOOR
CARSTAIRS GRAMPIAN HAVERIGG
KIRKHAM LANCASTER FARMS LIVERPOOL
PARKHURST WANDSWORTH WYMOTT
RICHARD PARRY – THORN CROSS (NOMINATIONS 3)
HINDLEY LEYHILL THORN CROSS
IAN PRESCOTT – WYMOTT (NOMINATIONS 14)
CARSTAIRS DRAKE HALL GARTH
HAVERIGG KIRKHAM LANCASTER FARMS
LIVERPOOL MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST PSC NI
RAMPTON RISLEY STOCKEN
WANDSWORTH WYMOTT
GARY ROURKE – HINDLEY (NOMINATIONS 5)
BROADMOOR GARTH HINDLEY
OAKWOOD THORN CROSS
BRIAN STENNETT – FULL SUTTON (NOMINATIONS 8)
FRANKLAND FULL SUTTON HUMBER
MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST NORTHUMBERLAND RAMPTON
SWALESIDE WORMWOOD SCRUBS
TYLER TIERNEY – COOKHAM WOOD (NOMINATIONS 12)
COOKHAM WOOD ELMLEY FELTHAM
MAIDSTONE SEND SUDBURY
STANDFORD HILL SWALESIDE WARREN HILL
WETHERBY WHITEMOOR WOODHILL
LATE NOMINATIONS (3)
BRIXTON HEWELL MANCHESTER
NO CANDIDATE NOMINATED (2)
EDINBURGH NEWBOLD REVEL
UNABLE TO HOLD BRANCH MEETING WITHIN THE CORRECT TIME PARAMETERS (3)
BULLINGDON MAGHABERRY STOKE HEATH
BRANCHES WHO HAVE NOT ADHERED TO RULE 11.2 ARE AS FOLLOWS AND HAVE NOT SENT IN ANY RETURN
ASKHAM GRANGE AYLESBURY BARLINNIE
BEDFORD BELMARSH BIRMINGHAM
BUCKLEY HALL BURE CARDIFF
CASTLE HUNTLY CHANNINGS WOOD CHELMSFORD
DEERBOLT DOWNVIEW DUMFRIES
DUNDONALD HOUSE EAST SUTTON PARK EASTWOOD PARK
ERLESTOKE EXETER FEATHERSTONE
FIVE WELLS FORD FOSTON HALL
GARTREE GATWICK GLENOCHIL
GRENDON GREENOCK GUYS MARSH
HATFIELD HIGHDOWN HIGHPOINT NORTH
HIGHPOINT SOUTH HOLLESLEY BAY HOLME HOUSE
HUNTERCOMBE HYDEBANK WOOD INVERNESS
JJC NI KILMARNOCK LEEDS
LEICESTER LEWES LINCOLN
LITTLEHEY LONG LARTIN LOW MOSS
LOWDHAM GRANGE MAGILLIGAN MANSTON
MOORLAND MORTON HALL NEW HALL
NORTH SEA CAMP NORWICH NOTTINGHAM
HATFIELD OAKHILL ONLEY
PENTONVILLE PERTH POA ICE
POLMONT PRESCOED/USK PRESTON
PECC RANBY STIRLING
SHOTTS SPS COLLEGE STAFFORD
STYAL SWANSEA SWINFEN HALL
THE MOUNT THE VERNE WAKEFIELD
WAYLAND WEALSTUN WERRINGTON
WINCHESTER
Yours sincerely
STEVE GILLAN
General Secretary
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