Central Bedfordshire

On 30 June, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Central Bedfordshire Council.

From 30 June 2020 to 7 September 2020, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Central Bedfordshire Council.

• Draft recommendations report for Central Bedfordshire Council

• Draft recommendations map for Central Bedfordshire Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
• Summary of the Central Bedfordshire report 
• Fact Sheet
• News release
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Central Bedfordshire Council
• Promotional poster [1] [2]
• Electoral figures

As a result of our draft recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils: 

• Biggleswade
• Dunstable
• Eggington
• Houghton Regis
• Leighton-Linslade

To view an interactive map of the draft recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the proposed ward boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the Central Bedfordshire electoral review:

1. through our consultation area,
2. by e-mailing [email protected], or
3. writing to the following address:

The Review Officer (Central Bedfordshire)
LGBCE c/o Cleardata
Innovation House
Coniston Court
Riverside Business Park
Blyth
NE24 4RP

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

The consultation on the warding arrangements for Central Bedfordshire Council closed on 24 February 2020.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Political Groups:

Councillors:

Parish and Town Councils:

Local Residents:

The consultation on warding arrangements for Central Bedfordshire Council closed on 24 February.

From 22 October to 24 February, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Central Bedfordshire Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Central Bedfordshire Council should have 63 councillors in the future. This is 4 more than the current number of councillors.

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Central Bedfordshire to help it to produce new wards boundaries to accommodate 63 councillors.

For more information, see our:

• News release 
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Central Bedfordshire Council
• Promotional poster
• Central Bedfordshire polling district map (Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Central Bedfordshire Council and may contain boundary errors.)
• Electoral figures

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the Central Bedfordshire electoral review:

1. through our consultation area, 
2. by e-mailing [email protected], or
3. writing to the following address:

   The Review Officer (Central Bedfordshire)

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England

   1^st Floor, Windsor House

   50 Victoria Street

   London

   SW1H 0TL

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Central Bedfordshire Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.

We received 1 submission on council size:

• Central Bedfordshire Council council

The Commission is minded to recommend that 63 councillors should serve Central Bedfordshire Council in the future. This is 4 more than the current number of councillors.

Recommendations Become Law

The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new boundaries in Central Bedfordshire, was made on 28 January 2011 and was published on 2 February 2011). New ward arrangements for Central Bedfordshire have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections on 5 May 2011.

The order for Central Bedfordshire can be viewed through the following link:

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/162/contents/made

Final Recommendations

On 26 October 2010 we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Central Bedfordshire. These are available through the links below.

• Final recommendations for new local government electoral arrangements for Central Bedfordshire District Council (PDF)
• Summary of the report (PDF)
• Read our news release

You can see the maps of the proposed recommended boundaries below:

• Map 1 - overview (PDF)
• Map 2 - Biggleswade town (PDF)
• Map 3 - Leighton-Lindslade town (PDF)
• Map 4 - Dustable town and Houghton Regis town (PDF)

Draft Recommendations

On 17 May 2010 we published our draft recommendations for electoral arrangements for Central Bedfordshire.These can be found using the links below.

• Draft recommendations for Central Bedfordshire (PDF)
• Summary of the report (PDF)
• News release on draft recommendations for Central Bedfordshire
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Central Bedfordshire (PDF)

Maps of the area recommendations:

• Map 1 - overview of Central Bedfordshire(PDF)
• Map 2 - Biggleswade town (PDF)
• Map 3 - Leighton-Linslade town (PDF)
• Map 4 - Dunstable town and Houghton Regis town (PDF)