Best Financial Markets Analysis Article Local elections to elect Sheffield city councillors take place on May 6th, on the same day as the General Election when voters will be given two ballot papers to mark an X on (one for local and one for the General election).

Each ward is represented by 3 councillors that are each up for election every four years, therefore over a 4 year cycle there is an election for one councillor every year for three years and no election in the fourth year.

Darnall Ward

Darnall Ward is represented by 3 councillors all of whom are affiliated with the Labour party.

Cllr Mazher Iqbal
Cllr Mary Lea
Cllr Harry Harpham

This year will see Cllr Mazher Iqbal seeking re-election.

Main Party Candidates for May 2010 Darnall Local Election

Mazher Iqbal - Labour - 2006 Election 2338 Votes (2008- 2039 votes for Mary Lea)

Resides in Darnall

Misbah Chowdhury - Lib Dems- 2008 Election 1484 Votes

Resides in Darnall

Margaret Elizabeth Pigott - Conservatives- 2008 Election 439 Votes

Resides in Wharncliffe Side - How can someone that lives 8 miles away have any clue as to the issues faced by the people that actually live in Darnall?

Charlotte Elizabeth Arnott - UK IP - 2008 Election 414 Votes

Resides in Handsworth

Julie Anne White - Green - 2008 Election 228 votes.

Resides in Sharrow - Again living 4 miles away is too far to have a any real clue as to the issues faced by the people of Darnall.

Clearly the local election battle is between Labour and the Liberal Democrats which would require a swing from Labour to Liberals of 9% to result in a change.

Darnall Issues

One of the major issues for those that live in Darnall is the consistent lack of quality of GP healthcare services as evidenced by the UK GP Patient survery that firmly ranks Darnall GP's at the bottom of Sheffield's 91 GP Surgeries as illustrated by the below table that measures overall patient satisfaction:

Sheffield's Bottom 5 GP Surgeries

HAROLD STREET MEDICAL CENTRE	80%
STONECROFT MEDICAL CENTRE	79%
HIGHGATE SURGERY	75%
DARNALL HEALTH CENTRE (MEHROTRA)	70%
DARNALL COMMUNITY HEALTH	70%

Unlike the best ranking surgeries clustering closely together, the bottom ranking surgeries see a sharp drop off in the patient experience at the quality of health care from 85% to an abysmally poor ranking of just 70% of patient satisfaction for Darnall, something that the patients of Darnall have had to suffer with for many, many years, with no apparent effort by the Sheffield Primary Care Trust to get to the root cause of why Darnall's GP Surgeries (merged) consistently fail to perform to the satisfaction of a large number of its patients when other GP surgeries achieve 98% satisfaction ratings.

For the fullt table listing all 91 surgeries see - Sheffield NHS UK GP Patient Survey Surgery Rankings 2009-10

The local and parliamentary election candidates have been asked to provide their views on the abysmal performance of Darnall GP Surgeries that will illuminate the picture on what the candidates have done or intend to do should they be elected which will be published during the weekend.

Source: http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article19023.html

By Nadeem Walayat

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk

Nadeem Walayat has over 20 years experience of trading derivatives, portfolio management and analysing the financial markets, including one of few who both anticipated and Beat the 1987 Crash. Nadeem's forward looking analysis specialises on UK inflation, economy, interest rates and the housing market and he is the author of the NEW Inflation Mega-Trend ebook that can be downloaded for Free. Nadeem is the Editor of The Market Oracle, a FREE Daily Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting online publication. We present in-depth analysis from over 500 experienced analysts on a range of views of the probable direction of the financial markets. Thus enabling our readers to arrive at an informed opinion on future market direction. http://www.marketoracle.co.uk

Disclaimer: The above is a matter of opinion provided for general information purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. Information and analysis above are derived from sources and utilising methods believed to be reliable, but we cannot accept responsibility for any trading losses you may incur as a result of this analysis. Individuals should consult with their personal financial advisors before engaging in any trading activities.

Nadeem Walayat Archive

Only logged in users are allowed to post comments. Register/ Log in

The Market Oracle is a FREE Financial Markets Forecasting & Analysis web-site.
(c) 2005-2024 MarketOracle.co.uk (Market Oracle Ltd) - Market Oracle Ltd asserts copyright on all articles authored by our editorial team and all comments posted. Any and all information provided within the web-site, is for general information purposes only and Market Oracle Ltd do not warrant the accuracy, timeliness or suitability of any information provided on this site. nor is or shall be deemed to constitute, financial or any other advice or recommendation by us. and are also not meant to be investment advice or solicitation or recommendation to establish market positions. We do not give investment advice and our comments are an expression of opinion only and should not be construed in any manner whatsoever as recommendations to enter into a market position either stock, option, futures contract, bonds, commodity or any other financial instrument at any time. We recommend that independent professional advice is obtained before you make any investment or trading decisions. By using this site you agree to this sites Terms of Use. From time to time we promote or endorse certain products / services that we believe are worthy of your time and attention. In return for that endorsement and only in the cases where you purchase directly though us may we be compensated by the producers of those products.