Political Control
Summary of council election results:
| Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | Others | |
| 2010 | Conservative | 37 | 33 | - | - |
| 2006 | Conservative | 43 | 27 | - | - |
| 2002 | Labour | 32 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 1998 | Labour | 31 | 38 | 1 | - |
| 1994 | Labour | 30 | 40 | - | - |
| 1990 | Conservative | 41 | 29 | - | - |
| 1986 | Conservative | 44 | 26 | - | - |
| 1982 | Conservative | 62 | 5 | - | 3 |
| 1978 | Conservative | 56 | 11 | - | 3 |
| 1974 | Conservative | 40 | 17 | - | 3 |
| 1971 | Conservative | 30 | 27 | - | 3 |
| 1968 | Conservative | 47 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 1964 | No overall control | 21 | 21 | - | 18 |
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