No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.

Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.

It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

[2] The election saw the Liberal Democrats lose control of the council to the Conservatives.

The Liberal Democrats were reduced to the second largest party and hence the official opposition.