[1] 81 electoral divisions returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Following a review, new electoral division boundaries were introduced for this election, increasing the number of councillors from 80 to 81.

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.

Despite suffering the loss of 335 of 1451 councillors in simultaneous elections across England,[4] the Conservative Party increased their majority on the council by securing a net gain of two seats.

For these elections the number of seats on the Council increased from 80 to 81 implementing, with a minor change, recommendations of the 2010 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.