The Conservatives lost much of the ground they had made up in the previous election as their vote share fell by 7.3%, losing one seat to return seven councillors.

The Conservatives came third despite recording the largest share of first preference votes as they gained four seats to double their number of councillors.

Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.

The only change in the political composition of the council came when Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim councillor Richard Moore resigned from the Liberal Democrats and sat as an independent after he was found to have inappropriately touched several women.

Source: [12][13] The SNP and independent candidates David Cheape and Brian Boyd retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Source:[16][17] The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate Lois Speed retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Source:[20][21] Following the election, the outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent administration was replaced after the SNP group formed a coalition with independent councillors Brian Boyd and David Cheape.

[22][23] In July 2024, Cllr Boyd resigned as Provost after behaviour which he described as falling "below personal standards".