Before (end of 1994) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Other 14 · Conservative 2 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1995) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 50 · Other 5 · Conservative 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
Annfield Plain2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| G. Johnson | Labour | 1,030 |
| A. Atkinson | Labour | 838 |
| C. Robinson | Independent | 447 |
| K Osborne-Grant | Independent | 162 |
Benfieldside3 seats · turnout 25.0%
| Toner J. | Labour | 964 |
| D Hume | Independent | 891 |
| J. Davies | Labour | 800 |
| D. Love | Independent | 735 |
Blackhill3 seats · turnout 28.1%
| Earley K. | Labour | 850 |
| M. Malone | Labour | 820 |
| D. Llewellyn | Labour | 762 |
| B. Nattrass | Independent | 422 |
Burnhope1 seat
| D. Bennett | Labour | 393 ✓ |
| B. Tallentyre | Conservative | 45 |
Burnopfield3 seats · turnout 39.8%
| W. Armstrong | Labour | 840 ✓ |
| J. Armstrong | Labour | 805 ✓ |
| A | Labour | 805 |
| R. Alderson | Independent | 749 ✓ |
| T. Charlton | Independent | 731 |
| T. Beck | Labour | 599 |
| R. Fisher | Independent | 595 |
Castleside1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| W. Golightly | Labour | 275 |
| D. McVickers | Independent | 239 |
Catchgate2 seats
| A. Grainger | Labour | 574 ✓ |
| E. Williamson | Labour | 514 ✓ |
| A. Westwater | Independent | 381 |
| L. Comerford | Independent | 321 |
Consett North2 seats · turnout 33.3%
| A. Watson | Labour | 731 |
| A. Donaghy | Labour | 497 |
| P. Holmes | Independent | 394 |
Consett South3 seats · turnout 37.4%
| J. Agnew | Labour | 777 ✓ |
| A | Labour | 645 |
| D. Atherton | Labour | 645 ✓ |
| A. McDonald | Labour | 578 ✓ |
| D. Hicks | Independent | 377 |
| D Draffan | Independent | 371 |
Cornsay1 seat
| F. Duggan | Independent | 350 ✓ |
| R. Clayton | Labour | 336 |
Craghead2 seats
| Janice Docherty | Labour | 810 ✓ |
| E. James | Labour | 675 ✓ |
| L. Donkin | Independent | 383 |
Crookhall1 seat
| A. Stephens | Labour | 0 |
Delves Lane3 seats
| E. Edwards | Labour | 1,006 ✓ |
| A. Atkinson | Labour | 981 ✓ |
| K. Harrison | Labour | 919 ✓ |
| S. Ayton | Independent | 401 |
| R. Hunter | Conservative | 111 |
Dipton2 seats
| T Foggett | Independent | 494 ✓ |
| Joanne Carr | Labour | 444 ✓ |
| R. Christon | Labour | 435 |
| I. Ives | Independent | 332 |
Ebchester and Medomsley3 seats · turnout 38.1%
| E. Turner | Labour | 1,045 ✓ |
| C. Bell | Labour | 933 ✓ |
| K. Walker | Labour | 885 ✓ |
| G. Elliott | Liberal Democrats | 496 |
| L. Sharkey | Liberal Democrats | 406 |
edistnewreD3 seats
| Eric Turner | Labour | 1,045 |
| C. Bell | Labour | 933 |
| K. Walker | Labour | 885 |
| G Elliott | Liberal Democrats | 496 |
| L. Sharkey | Liberal Democrats | 406 |
| Ebchester | & Medomsley | 0 |
Esh3 seats
| N. Gregory | Labour | 1,050 ✓ |
| H. Guildford | Labour | 1,019 ✓ |
| A. Hiles | Labour | 847 ✓ |
| B. Brenkley | Independent | 475 |
| P. Adams | Conservative | 177 |
Havannah3 seats
| L. Boyd | Labour | 1,411 ✓ |
| A. Taylor | Labour | 1,350 ✓ |
| J. Pallas | Labour | 1,292 ✓ |
| P. Devlin | Independent | 513 |
Lanchester3 seats
| C Burton | Labour | 877 ✓ |
| J Sudder | Labour | 792 ✓ |
| E Wilson | Labour | 755 ✓ |
| J. Lawson | Conservative | 603 |
| J. Scanlan | Independent | 537 |
| E. Tallentyre | Conservative | 461 |
| M Hardy | Conservative | 395 |
Leadgate3 seats
| W. Stockdale | Independent | 994 ✓ |
| J. Huntley | Labour | 672 ✓ |
| T. Richardson | Labour | 633 ✓ |
| G. Siddoway | Independent | 574 |
| A. Plant | Labour | 530 |
| P. Murphy | Independent | 230 |
| G. Adams | Conservative | 68 |
South Moor3 seats
| E. Coulson | Labour | 1,066 ✓ |
| L. Vaux | Labour | 987 ✓ |
| D. Khamis | Labour | 957 ✓ |
| T. Young | Independent | 179 |
South Stanley3 seats · turnout 34.3%
| M. Armstrong | Labour | 879 ✓ |
| J. Graham | Labour | 792 ✓ |
| J. Griffiths | Labour | 703 ✓ |
| W. Vella | Ind Lab | 287 |
| B. Ewart | Ind Lab | 251 |
| P. Ewart | Ind Lab | 249 |
Stanley Hall3 seats · turnout 13.3%
| K. Murray-Hetherington | Labour | 761 |
| E. Reed | Independent | 278 |
| A. Morgan | Independent | 241 |
Tanfield2 seats
| O. Milburn | Labour | 724 ✓ |
| G. Little | Labour | 683 ✓ |
| A. Carr | Independent | 469 |
| A. Murphy | Independent | 413 |
