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Parish and ward information Parish: Totternhoe Ward: Eaton Bray 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 Variance from average across the council -69% 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 Dunstable, Eaton Bray, Kensworth, Stanbridge, Tilsworth and Whipsnade. The parish, together with the parish of Eaton Bray, is coterminous within the district ward of Eaton Bray.
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Seats and candidates
Year Number of candidates Number of seats 9 2023 8 2019 5 2015 7 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.