[4][5] Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a minority administration of some of the independent councillors, with independent Barry Warren serving as leader of the council.

[7][8] The election saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority of the seats on the council.

The independents and Conservatives both lost significant numbers of seats: leader of the council Barry Warren lost his seat, as did the Conservative group leader Clive Eginton.

[14] By-election triggered by the resignation of Stuart Penny, who was elected as a Conservative in 2023 but had left the party in August 2023 to sit as an independent before resigning from the council altogether.

He had been elected in 2023 as a Liberal Democrat, but had left the party and sat as an independent until his disqualification.