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Parish and ward information Parish: Sandy (Beeston, Fallowfield, Ivel and Pinnacle Wards) Ward: Sandy Number of councillors (Beeston Ward) 1 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 (Beeston Ward) 660 Forecast electorate for 2030 (Beeston Ward) 677 Current ratio of electors to councillors (Beeston Ward) 660 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors (Beeston Ward) 677 Variance from average across the council (Beeston Ward) 91% Number of councillors (Fallowfield Ward) 3 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 (Fallowfield Ward) 1,481 Forecast electorate for 2030 (Fallowfield Ward) 1,483 Current ratio of electors to councillors (Fallowfield Ward) 494 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors (Fallowfield Ward) 494 Variance from average across the council (Fallowfield Ward) 40% Number of councillors (Ivel Ward) 5 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 (Ivel Ward) 2,823 Forecast electorate for 2030 (Ivel Ward) 2,889 Current ratio of electors to councillors (Ivel Ward) 565 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors (Ivel Ward) 578 Variance from average across the council (Ivel Ward) 63% Number of councillors (Pinnacle Ward) 6 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 (Pinnacle Ward) 4,078 Forecast electorate for 2030 (Pinnacle Ward) 4,110 Current ratio of electors to councillors (Pinnacle Ward) 680 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors (Pinnacle Ward) 685 Variance from average across the council (Pinnacle Ward) 94% Sandy parish has a town council. It is warded and has 15 seats on the council. The planned forecast development to March 2030 is estimated at a further 69 dwellings which will generate an additional 117 electors.
The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Biggleswade, Blunham, Everton, Moggerhanger, Northill, Potton, Sutton and Tempsford. The parish, together with the parish of Blunham are coterminous within the district ward of Sandy.
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Seats and candidates
Ward Number of seats 2023 2019 2015 2011 Beeston 1 1 1 1 1 Fallowfield 3 2 2 3 4 Ivel 5 3 6 4 8 Pinnacle 6 5 4 3 5 Since the creation of Central Bedfordshire, there have been no contested elections in the Beeston Ward, only one in 2011 in the Fallowfield Ward, two in the Ivel Ward in 2011 and 2019, and none in the Pinnacle Ward. Where there have been insufficient candidates throughout the period, 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.