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Parish and ward information Parish: Flitton & Greenfield (Flitton Ward) Ward: Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield Number of councillors 5 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 638 Forecast electorate for 2030 647 Current ratio of electors to councillors 128 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 129 Variance from average across the council -64% Parish and ward information (Greenfield Ward) Parish: Flitton & Greenfield (Greenfield Ward) Ward: Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield Number of councillors 5 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 571 Forecast electorate for 2030 571 Current ratio of electors to councillors 114 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 114 Variance from average across the council -68% Flitton & Greenfield parish has a council. It is warded and has 10 seats on the council. The forecast planned development to March 2030 is estimated at a further 5 dwellings which will generate approximately 9 additional residents over the next 5 years.
The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Flitwick, Maulden, Pulloxhill, Silsoe and Westoning. The parish, together with the parishes of Pulloxhill and Westoning are coterminous within the district ward of Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield.
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Seats and candidates
Flitton Ward
Year Number of candidates Number of seats 5 2023 5 2019 4 2015 5 2011 7 Greenfield Ward
Year Number of candidates Number of seats 5 2023 3 2019 5 2015 4 2011 5 As can be seen from the table above only the Flitton ward has had 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
The matter was discussed at a meeting of Flitton & Greenfield Parish Council on Wednesday 12 March. As a result, we do not believe that any changes are necessary to our parish at this time.