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Parish and ward information Parish: Blunham Ward: Sandy Number of councillors 10 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 1122 Forecast electorate for 2030 1125 Current ratio of electors to councillors 112 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 113 Variance from average across the council -68% Blunham parish has a parish council. It is unwarded and has 10 seats on the council. The forecast planned development to March 2030 is estimated at a further 2 dwellings which will generate approximately 3 additional residents over the next 5 years.
The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Moggerhanger, Sandy and Tempsford. The parish, together with the parish of Sandy are coterminous within the district ward of Sandy.
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Seats and candidates Year Number of candidates Number of seats 10 2023 7 2019 6 2015 5 2011 3 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.