Before (end of 1990) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Other 7 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Labour 5
After (end of 1991) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 8 · Labour 7
Ward results
ACLE1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| R. Clarke | Independent | 607 |
| P. Harwood | Labour | 176 |
Aylsham1 seat · turnout 48.6%
| P Buck | Labour | 1,091 |
| J. Mitchell | Conservative | 960 |
Blofield1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| A. Nortcliffe | Conservative | 786 |
| G. Golding | Labour | 267 |
| R. Allgood | Independent | 257 |
Burlingham1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| S. Peters | Liberal Democrats | 574 ✓ |
| Shirley Peters | Liberal Democrats | 574 |
| M Gibbs | Conservative | 320 |
| F. Room | Labour | 182 |
| F Room | Labour | 182 |
Buxton1 seat · turnout 51.5%
| R. Rice | Independent | 314 |
| D. Smithson | Conservative | 291 |
| P Carman | Labour | 193 |
Freethorpe1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| F. Siddall | Independent | 358 |
| S. Garner | Labour | 175 |
Horsford1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| J. Starling | Liberal Democrats | 402 |
| G Harrison | Conservative | 379 |
| Chris Cole | Labour | 113 |
South Walsham1 seat · turnout 53.7%
| G. Debbage | Independent | 356 |
| C. Everson | Independent | 261 |
| B Baker | Labour | 66 |
Sprowston Central1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| M. Hardingham | Independent | 616 ✓ |
| B. Lashley | Labour | 565 |
| J. Aldous | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
| J Aldous | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
Sprowston East1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| L. Woolf | Conservative | 936 |
| S. Dyball | Labour | 623 |
| A. Wright | Liberal Democrats | 304 |
Sprowston South1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| S. Beadle | Liberal Democrats | 544 |
| C. Muttock | Conservative | 386 |
| C Noble | Labour | 313 |
Sprowston West1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| M. Callam | Liberal Democrats | 274 |
| H Maidment | Conservative | 245 |
| C Cutting | Labour | 240 |
Taverham1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| D. Fox | Conservative | 1,327 |
| Farrington J. | Labour | 479 |
| R. James | Conservative | 744 |
| B. Bridges | Labour | 442 |
| M. Ford | Liberal Democrats | 255 |
Thorpe St. Andrew Northeast1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| J. Cook | Labour | 655 |
| E Harris | Conservative | 611 |
| J. Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 298 |
