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Parish and ward information Parish: Shillington Ward: Meppershall and Shillington Number of councillors 10 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 1,619 Forecast electorate for 2030 1,629 Current ratio of electors to councillors 162 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 163 Variance from average across the council 54% Shillington parish has a parish council. It is unwarded and has 10 seats on the council. The planned forecast development to March 2030 is estimated at a further 6 dwellings which will generate approximately an additional 10 residents over the next 5 years.
The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Barton-le-Clay, Gravenhurst, Meppershall and Stondon. The parish, together with the parishes Gravenhurst and Meppershall are coterminous within the district ward of Meppershall and Shillington.
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Seats and candidates
Year Number of candidates Number of seats 10 2023 10 2019 11 2015 11 2011 10 As can be seen from the table above there have only been two contested elections in 2015 and 2019 since the creation of Central Bedfordshire. The elections in 2011 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.