[n 1] All members were elected by first-past-the-post voting from single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term of office.

[3] 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, 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.

[4] The election saw the Conservatives maintain overall control of the council with a reduced majority of 8 seats.

The Labour Party regained their status as the council's official opposition group with 11 seats, a net gain of five.