New ward boundaries took effect at this election, reducing the number of councillors from 39 to 37.

[1] The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election.

Following the results, the Conservatives lost control of the council to Labour for the first time in 20 years.

[3] The Liberal Democrats also lost one seat, but are not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.

The results for each ward were:[5][6] By-election trigged by the death of Conservative councillor Mike Ackroyd.