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Parish and ward information (Totternhoe) Totternhoe parish topic Value Number of councillors 9 Electorate as of 1 May 2025 983 Forecast electorate for 2030 990 Current ratio of electors to councillors 109 Forecast ratio of electors to councillors 110 Central Bedfordshire average ratio of electors to councillors 331 Totternhoe parish has a parish council. It is unwarded and has 9 seats on the council. The forecast planned development to March 2030 is estimated at a further 4 dwellings which will generate approximately an additional 7 residents over the next 5 years.
The parish boundary adjoins the neighbouring parishes of Billington, Dunstable, Eaton Bray, Houghton Regis, Kensworth, Stanbridge, Tilsworth and Whipsnade. The parish, together with the parish of Eaton Bray, is coterminous (i.e. they border each other in the same area) within the Central Bedfordshireward of Eaton Bray.
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Number of seats 9 Number of candidates in 2023 8 Number of candidates in 2019 5 Number of candidates in 2015 7 Number of candidates in 2011 6 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
Totternhoe Parish Council has undertaken a government review as proposed under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and the guidance issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The parish council examined its boundaries and reviewed their relevance in reflecting local identities and considered that in one area the boundary between the parish and Dunstable had become anomalous.
The existing boundary between the parish and the Badgers Gate development on the western edge of Dunstable follows the byway open to all traffic which leads from Dunstable Road, Totternhoe, to the byway known as Green Lane. The boundary, in our view, should follow the field boundary adjacent to the Badgers Gate houses instead. The field is within the Green Belt that washes over Totternhoe and is in the ownership of a Totternhoe farmer.