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

The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council, with a reduced majority of five councillors.

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.

[3] The elections saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council, though with their majority reduced from 24 seats to five.

Alan Weeks, the sole Green Party incumbent who had defected from the Liberal Democrats, lost his Totton North seat to UKIP.