Before (end of 1990) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 10 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1991) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Conservative 6 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Acomb1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| S. Cooke | Labour | 1,527 |
| J. Steel | Conservative | 833 |
| D. Barker | Liberal Democrats | 285 |
| H. Dunnett | Green | 86 |
Beckfield1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| P Brown | Conservative | 1,295 |
| G Hodgson | Labour | 1,182 |
| P Reid | Liberal Democrats | 218 |
| C. Darley | Green | 87 |
Bishophill1 seat
| C. Wallace | Labour | 1,115 ✓ |
| C. Austin | Conservative | 757 |
| J McCloy | Liberal Democrats | 229 |
| S Kenwright | Green | 149 |
Bootham1 seat
| K. Cooper | Labour | 1,339 ✓ |
| J. Butchard | Conservative | 398 |
| P. Shuker | Green | 194 |
| G. Whitaker | Liberal Democrats | 79 |
Clifton1 seat
| A. Curran | Labour | 1,334 ✓ |
| N. Heslop | Conservative | 850 |
| J. Dales | Liberal Democrats | 231 |
| G. Rawson | Green | 70 |
Fishergate1 seat
| A. Boardman | Labour | 1,279 ✓ |
| B. Kirkpatrick | Conservative | 1,047 |
| G. Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 229 |
| E. McIvor | Green | 219 |
| N. Stringfellow | Independent | 36 |
Foxwood2 seats
| Stephen Galloway | Liberal Democrats | 2,100 ✓ |
| A Doig | Liberal Democrats | 1,888 ✓ |
| W. Atkinson | Labour | 616 |
| F. Rudd | Labour | 558 |
| M Slater | Conservative | 457 |
| M Foster | Conservative | 425 |
| J. Forrester | Green | 153 |
| G. Simpson | Green | 77 |
Guildhall1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| Kirk D. | Labour | 1,264 |
| Sue Cook | Conservative | 910 |
| P. Jacques | Green | 334 |
Heworth1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| J. Clarke | Labour | 1,481 |
| K. Stanton | Conservative | 1,041 |
| A Normandale | Liberal Democrats | 252 |
| J. Tapp | Green | 79 |
Holgate1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| J. Archer | Labour | 1,418 |
| A Potter | Conservative | 710 |
| D Horwell | Liberal Democrats | 269 |
| S. Treacher | Green | 71 |
Knavesmire1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| T. Walker | Labour | 1,367 |
| C. Burnett | Conservative | 877 |
| P. Ward | Liberal Democrats | 146 |
| H. Nightingale | Green | 132 |
Micklegate1 seat · turnout 60.9%
| K Beavan | Conservative | 1,418 |
| P. Hudson | Labour | 1,076 |
| A. Waller | Liberal Democrats | 523 |
| A. Dunnett | Green | 110 |
Monk1 seat · turnout 18.4%
| H. Divorty | Conservative | 1,127 |
| Kirk D. | Labour | 933 |
| G. Riding | Liberal Democrats | 566 |
| John Cossham | Green | 136 |
Walmgate1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| F. Thistleton | Labour | 1,257 |
| J Raper | Conservative | 728 |
| D. Makin | Liberal Democrats | 224 |
| K. Hacker | Green | 127 |