The county is divided into 23 electoral wards returning 47 councillors.

In the 2009 council elections the electorate of this ward returned two councillors, both Conservative.

The size of the town council remained the same, however, with each new ward returning one alderman and three councillors.

Elections occurred in all 27 wards, with each ward returning three councillors to the council.

The county is divided into 40 electoral wards returning 42 councillors.

In 2007 and 2011, 19 electoral wards returned two or three councillors each.

The council had two divisions each of which returned four councillors, and a separately elected chairman (mayor from 1993).

The county is divided into 58 electoral wards returning 74 councillors.

The county borough is divided into 47 electoral divisions returning 52 councillors.

The county is divided into electoral wards, returning one, two or three councillors.