Governor Elections 2025
Our 2025 Council of Governor elections will take place over the Spring.
To ensure you are kept up to date on our elections to the Council of Governors, please make sure you are a member. All members will automatically receive election details.
Our service users, carers, staff and members of the public have the opportunity to influence the way your health services are run by becoming Governors for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Mersey Care is a foundation trust which remains part of the NHS but is answerable to local people who can become members and governors.
NHS foundation trusts share all the same values, quality and safety standards as NHS trusts, but they are ‘owned’ by their members who elect a Council of Governors to represent the views of members, patients, staff, partner organisations and the public.
This means that the Council of Governors is an important link between our local communities and staff, and the Board of Directors, which has the responsibility of running the organisation and preparing the Trust’s strategy. The Council of Governors works alongside the Board of Directors to help local communities and staff have a greater say in the strategic direction of the Trust, and how services are developed and delivered by the Trust.
Our Council of Governors have a number of statutory duties and are responsible for ensuring that community views are considered when Trust decisions are made and services are developed.
We will have vacancies in the following constituences:
Public Constituency - total of 3 vacant seats
- 1 vacant seat in Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley
- 2 vacant seats in Halton, St Helens and Warrington
Service User and Carer constituency
- 3 vacant seats
Staff Constituency – total of 2 vacant seats
- 1 vacant seat for nursing staff
- 1 vacant seat for other clinical, scientific, technical and therapeutic staff.
Timetable for the election period is included below:
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Event |
Date |
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Suggested Publication of Notice of Election |
Monday 3 February |
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Last possible Publication of Notice of Election |
Tuesday 25 February |
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Deadline for Receipt of Nominations |
Thursday 13 March |
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Publication of Statement of Nominations |
Friday 14 March |
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Deadline for Candidate Withdrawals |
Tuesday 18 March |
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Last Day for Notice of Poll/ Issue of Ballot Packs |
Tuesday 1 April |
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Close of Poll – 5pm |
Thursday 24 April |
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Declaration of Result |
Friday 25 April |
Terms of office for newly elected Governors will commence 1 May 2025 until 30 April 2028, subject to successful eligibility checks.
The nomination period to stand as a Governor for Mersey Care NHS Foundation opens in February. Voting will then take place in April, so keep an out for an email asking you to vote, should you have vacancies in your constituency.
Prospective Governor sessions will be held online on 27 February 2025 at 10am and 6 March 2025 at 2pm for those who would like to find out more information; members will receive details via email.
More information about the role is available here
If you are not currently a member and would like to be please click here.
Please forward any questions to merseycare.cog@merseycare.nhs.uk
Our 2024 Council of Governor elections concluded in April 2024. Below you will find the results of the elections and details of our new Governors.
There were two uncontested constituencies (Service User Carer and Nursing Staff)
The results of the poll are available here.
More information about the role is available here
If you are not currently a member but would like to be please click here.
Our 2023 Council of Governor elections concluded in September 2023. Below you will find the results of the elections and details of our new Governors.
There were two uncontested constituencies.
The results of the poll are available here.
Information on all newly elected or re-elected Governors is available here.
More information about the role is available here
If you are not currently a member but would like to be please click here.
Our 2022 Council of Governor elections concluded in September 2022. Below you will find the results of the elections and details of our new Governors.
There were two uncontested constituencies.
The results of the poll are detailed here.
Information on all newly elected or re-elected Governors are detailed here.
To ensure you are kept up to date on our elections to the Council of Governors please make sure you are a member. All members will automatically receive election details.
If you are not currently a member but would like to be please click here.
To find out more about Trust governors click here
Our 2021 Council of Governor elections concluded in September. Below you will find the results of the elections and details of our new Governors (subject to eligibility).
There were two uncontested constituencies.
The results of the poll are detailed here.
Information on all newly elected or re-elected Governors are detailed here.
To ensure you are kept up to date on our elections to the Council of Governors please make sure you are a member. All members will automatically receive election details.
If you are not currently a member but would like to be please click here.
To find out more about Trust governors click here
Our 2020 Council of Governor elections concluded in September 2020. Below you will find the results of the elections and details of our new Governors (subject to eligibility).
There were no uncontested constituencies
The results of the poll are detailed here.
To ensure you are kept up to date on our elections to the Council of Governors please make sure you are a member. All members will automatically receive election details.
If you are not currently a member but would like to be please click here.
To find out more about Trust governors click here
Our 2019 Council of Governor elections concluded in March 2019. Below you will find the results of the elections and details of our new Governors (subject to eligibility).
There were no uncontested constituencies
The results of the Poll are detailed here.
To ensure you are kept up to date on our elections to the Council of Governors please make sure you are a member. All members will automatically receive election details.
If you are not currently a member but would like to be please click here.
To find out more about Trust governors click here
Our 2018 Council of Governor elections concluded in September 2018. Below you will find the results of the elections and details of our new Governors (subject to eligibility).
The Notice of Poll is available here.
The uncontested constituencies are detailed here.
The results of the Poll are detailed here.
To ensure you are kept up to date on our elections to the Council of Governors please make sure you are a member. All members will automatically receive election details.
If you are not currently a member but would like to be please click here.
To find out more about Trust governors click here