There are 60 County Councillors (also known as Members) that were elected in May 2021 by those eligible to vote in elections. The County Council Elections take place every four years, so the next Election will take place in 2025.

The 2021 Election results can be viewed here.

The political composition of the Council is as follows:

• Conservative 39
• Liberal Democrat 9
• Labour 7
• Independent 3
• Green 2

Each Councillor represents the people within an area known as an ‘electoral division’. Councillors have a number of distinct roles, namely:

• making policy and other decisions relating to the services for which, collectively, they are responsible
• looking after the interests of local people in their electoral division
• representing the Council at local, regional national and possibly European level.