The election saw the Conservatives gain eight seats from the Liberal Democrats, increasing their majority.

The Conservatives again increased their control of the council, winning 54 seats out of 60, with the Liberal Democrats holding the remaining six.

Note that comparisons to the previous election do not include Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead, as a by-election was held several months later instead.

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward.

This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.