Elections
Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 36 seats on the council being elected at each election. The elections are normally battled out between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. From the 1998 election to 2007 no party had a majority on the council, but in the 2007 election the Conservative party won a majority. Since then until 2009, the Conservatives had 19 seats on the council compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. Following the resignation of councillor Peter Ankers from the Conservatives to sit as an independent in 2009 the Conservatives continued in administration as the largest Party with 18 seats but with no overall control. At the 2011 election 20 Conservative and 16 Liberal Democrats were elected giving the Conservatives an overall majority once again. In the 2012 elections the Conservatives took a further seat from the Liberal Democrats, giving them 21 seats to the Liberal Democrats 15.
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