Before (end of 1990) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Other 9 · Conservative 0
After (end of 1991) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Other 6 · Conservative 0
Ward results
Bearpark1 seat · turnout 54.4%
| M. Howarth | Labour | 691 |
| M. Howarth | Labour | 691 ✓ |
| Patricia Wynne | Conservative | 126 |
| P. Wynne | Conservative | 126 |
Belmont2 seats · turnout 65.6%
| I. Lupton | Independent | 730 ✓ |
| I Lupton | Independent | 730 |
| G Clarkson | Independent | 671 |
| G. Clarkson | Independent | 671 ✓ |
| F. Jackson | Conservative | 391 |
| Pamela Johnston | Labour | 300 |
| D. Shotten | Labour | 294 |
| D Shotten | Labour | 294 |
| A. Barbaro | Conservative | 200 |
Brandon3 seats
| Tony Gill | Labour | 1,399 ✓ |
| R. McMahon | Labour | 1,383 ✓ |
| I. Humphries | Labour | 1,312 ✓ |
| S. Hart | Conservative | 383 |
Carrville2 seats
| J Knight | Labour | 479 ✓ |
| Jean Middlemass | Independent | 456 ✓ |
| Barbara Howarth | Liberal Democrats | 443 |
| D Stewart | Independent | 418 |
| R Pape | Liberal Democrats | 389 |
| T Morton | Labour | 328 |
Cassop Cum Quarrinton3 seats · turnout 51.1%
| C. McGormick | Labour | 1,388 ✓ |
| C McGormick | Labour | 1,388 |
| M Syer | Labour | 1,349 |
| M. Syer | Labour | 1,349 ✓ |
| G Marsden | Labour | 1,181 ✓ |
| M Goodall | Liberal Democrats | 298 |
| L Hartopp | Conservative | 205 |
Croxdale1 seat · turnout 66.2%
| J. Anderson | Labour | 412 ✓ |
| J. Lightley | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
| John Lightley | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
| C. Moore | Conservative | 93 |
Deerness2 seats
| M. Rochford | Labour | 1,072 ✓ |
| D. Hudspeth | Labour | 884 ✓ |
| S. Banks | Green | 428 |
Elvet2 seats · turnout 50.5%
| Samuel MacLeod | Liberal Democrats | 806 |
| S. Macleod | Liberal Democrats | 806 ✓ |
| Susan Pitts | Liberal Democrats | 793 ✓ |
| W. Bone | Labour | 406 |
| W Bone | Labour | 406 |
| J Slack | Labour | 375 |
| D Barbaro | Conservative | 263 |
| D. Barbaro | Conservative | 263 |
| Helen Fenton | Green | 199 |
Framwelgate2 seats · turnout 57.5%
| J. Holland | Liberal Democrats | 1,357 ✓ |
| J Holland | Liberal Democrats | 1,357 |
| M. Hawgood | Liberal Democrats | 1,144 ✓ |
| M. Hawgood | Liberal Democrats | 1,144 |
| S Coffell | Labour | 648 |
| S. Coffell | Labour | 648 |
| J Thoburn | Labour | 626 |
| J. Thoburn | Labour | 626 |
| W Smith | Conservative | 258 |
Gilesgate3 seats · turnout 53.4%
| W Cavanagh | Labour | 1,109 ✓ |
| V. Bromley | Liberal Democrats | 1,061 ✓ |
| V Bromley | Liberal Democrats | 1,061 |
| E Ramsay | Labour | 1,061 ✓ |
| J Dunn | Labour | 1,038 |
| N Martin | Liberal Democrats | 1,024 |
| V. Turns | Liberal Democrats | 1,020 |
| V Turns | Liberal Democrats | 1,020 |
| S. Woodroofe | Conservative | 444 |
| S Woodroofe | Conservative | 444 |
Gilesgate Moor2 seats · turnout 50.7%
| David Miller | Liberal Democrats | 602 |
| D. Miller | Liberal Democrats | 602 ✓ |
| David Stoker | Liberal Democrats | 514 ✓ |
| D Pickering | Labour | 486 |
| P Conway | Labour | 482 |
| P. Conway | Labour | 482 |
| M Gibbon | Conservative | 180 |
Langley Moor & Meadowfield2 seats · turnout 27.8%
| H. Dye | Labour | 616 |
| W. Hartwell | Labour | 592 |
| J. Mort | Conservative | 148 |
Nevilles Cross3 seats · turnout 70.5%
| C. Beswick | Liberal Democrats | 1,214 |
| C. Beswick | Liberal Democrats | 1,214 ✓ |
| R Dickie | Independent | 1,112 ✓ |
| J. Young | Liberal Democrats | 1,077 ✓ |
| J Young | Liberal Democrats | 1,077 |
| G Moore | Liberal Democrats | 563 |
| G. Moore | Liberal Democrats | 563 |
| C Reeves | Labour | 520 |
| Michael Drummond Moverley Smith | Conservative | 460 |
| P Little | Labour | 438 |
| L Rutherford | Labour | 388 |
| L. Rutherford | Labour | 388 |
Newton Hall3 seats · turnout 38.7%
| H Westwell | Liberal Democrats | 1,204 |
| H. Westwell | Liberal Democrats | 1,204 ✓ |
| Philip Wolstenholme | Liberal Democrats | 1,178 ✓ |
| J. Palmer | Liberal Democrats | 1,130 ✓ |
| J Palmer | Liberal Democrats | 1,130 |
| I Whittaker | Labour | 432 |
| C. Hepworth | Labour | 410 |
| C Hepworth | Labour | 410 |
| L Bell | Labour | 409 |
Pelaw2 seats · turnout 43.5%
| M. Gallon | Labour | 903 |
| William Kellett | Labour | 842 |
| J Fear | Labour | 603 |
| J. Fearon | Labour | 603 ✓ |
| A. Calder | Independent | 555 |
| D. Payne | Labour | 553 ✓ |
| D. Robson | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
Pittington & West Rainton2 seats · turnout 48.2%
| M. Gallon | Labour | 903 ✓ |
| W. Kellett | Labour | 842 ✓ |
| A. Calder | Independent | 555 |
Shadforth1 seat · turnout 54.8%
| Jim Turnbull | Labour | 359 |
| J. Turnbull | Labour | 359 ✓ |
| J. Wakefield | Conservative | 67 |
| Jenifer Wakefield | Conservative | 67 |
Sherburn2 seats
| Jackie Bowman | Labour | 1,177 ✓ |
| M Brown | Labour | 1,159 ✓ |
| J Doyle-Price | Conservative | 197 |
Shincliffe1 seat · turnout 56.4%
| M. Holgate | Liberal Democrats | 493 ✓ |
| J. Whittaker | Independent | 171 |
| N. Bone | Labour | 102 |
| B | Labour | 102 |
Witton Gilbert2 seats · turnout 54.9%
| F. Reynolds | Liberal Democrats | 650 ✓ |
| Fraser Reynolds | Liberal Democrats | 650 |
| Raymond Gibbon | Liberal Democrats | 619 ✓ |
| J. Hardiman | Labour | 527 |
| K. Rand | Labour | 471 |
