In the election of 1 November 2021 the Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained a majority of eight seats on the council.
[2] In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, in the period from 1–15 September 2004 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats.
In the Bergrivier council one Democratic Alliance councillor left the party to sit as an independent.
[5] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.
[9] The DA subsequently lost one seat to the African National Congress (ANC) in a by-election on 23 August 2017.