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Parish and ward information Parish: Biggleswade (Holme Ward) Ward: Biggleswade West Number of councillors 5 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 5266 Forecast electorate for 2030 5319 Current ratio of electors to councillors 1053 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 1064 Variance from average across the council 201% Parish and ward information Parish: Biggleswade (Ivel Ward) Ward: Biggleswade West Number of councillors 4 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 5135 Forecast electorate for 2030 5376 Current ratio of electors to councillors 1284 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 1344 Variance from average across the council 280% Parish and ward information Parish: Biggleswade (Stratton Ward) Ward: Biggleswade East Number of councillors 6 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 6590 Forecast electorate for 2030 6609 Current ratio of electors to councillors 1098 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 1102 Variance from average across the council 211% Biggleswade parish has a town council. It is warded and has 15 seats on the council. The forecast planned development to March 2030 is estimated at a further 182 dwellings which will generate approximately 313 additional residents over the next 5 years.
The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Astwick, Dunton, Edworth, Langford, Northill, Old Warden, Southill and Sutton. The parish contains the district wards of Biggleswade East and Biggleswade West.
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Seats and candidates for Biggleswade Holme Ward
Seats and candidates Year Number of candidates Number of seats 5 2023 5 2019 5 2015 3 2011 6 Seats and candidates for Biggleswade Ivel Ward
Seats and candidates Year Number of candidates Number of seats 4 2023 6 2019 5 2015 8 2011 10 Seats and candidates for Biggleswade Stratton Ward
Seats and candidates Year Number of candidates Number of seats 6 2023 4 2019 5 2015 5 2011 7 Since the creation of Central Bedfordshire there has only been one contested election in 2011 in the Holme Ward, only one in 2011 in the Stratton Ward. Elections have been held on three occasions in the Ivel Ward. Where there have been insufficient candidates throughout the period the vacant seats were authorised to be filled by co-option.
Statutory changes since the 2017/18 review
The Central Bedfordshire Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018; amended the number of councillors for the parish wards of Biggleswade (Holme Ward from 3 to 5 and Ivel Ward from 7 to 5).
The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 amended the number of councillors for the parish wards of Biggleswade (Ivel Ward from 5 to 4 and Stratton Ward from 5 to 6).
Parish/town council initial proposal for consideration for the 2025 review
No proposal received.
Review of property anomalies
The property Brook Cottage is in a polling district of the parish of Langford but is geographically in the parish of Biggleswade Holme Ward. Consideration should be given to rectify this anomaly.
