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Parish and ward information Parish: Aspley Guise Ward: Aspley Guise and Woburn Number of councillors 12 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 1,846 Forecast electorate for 2030 1,853 Current ratio of electors to councillors 154 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 154 Variance from average across the council -56% Aspley Guise has a parish council. It is unwarded and has 12 seats on the council. The forecast planned development to March 2030 is estimated at a further 4 dwellings which will generate approximately 7 additional residents over the next 5 years.
The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Aspley Heath, Hulcote and Salford, Husborne Crawley and Woburn. The parish, together with the parishes of Aspley Heath, Battlesden, Eversholt, Husborne Crawley, Milton Bryan, Potsgrove and Woburn are coterminous within the district ward of Aspley & Woburn.
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Seats and candidates Year Number of candidates Number of seats 12 2023 5 2019 8 2015 4 2011 12 As can be seen from the table above there has not been a contested election since the creation of Central Bedfordshire. The elections in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 had insufficient candidates and consequently the candidates were elected without contest. The vacant seats were authorised to be filled by co-option.
Parish/town council initial proposal for consideration for the 2025 review
No proposal received
Review of property anomalies
Numbers 9 and 11 Woburn Road are in the parish of Aspley Heath but the newly built 15 Woburn Road together with the property Henry V11 Lodge are geographically in the parish of Aspley Guise. Consideration should be given to rectify this anomaly.