Community Governance Review - stage 2 - Blunham

Responses from consultation

Parish council: no proposal received

1 response

Comments: none relevant to terms of reference

Feedback received through the public consultation indicated a preference to retain the current level of representation and to make no other changes. This view has been considered alongside the working group’s rationale to ensure that any final draft recommendation reflects the aims of the terms of reference as well as the views of the community.

Draft recommendations

  1. that the parish name of Blunham should remain unchanged
  2. that the number of parish councillors on Blunham Parish Council is reduced from 10 to 7

Reason for recommendations

The recommendation to reduce the number of councillors is made in accordance with the terms of reference due to the number of councillors being disproportionate to the electorate or to avoid uncontested elections and the subsequent need to co-opt members to fill the outstanding vacancies.

Parish and ward information (Blunham)
Blunham parish topic Value
Current number of councillors 10
Working group proposed number of councillors 7
Electorate as of 1 May 2025 1,122
Current ratio of electors to councillors 112
Forecast electorate for 2030 1,125
Revised ratio of electors to councillors 161
Seats and candidates
Number of seats 10
Number of candidates in 2023 7
Number of candidates in 2019 6
Number of candidates in 2015 9
Number of candidates in 2011 4