Before (end of 1995) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 15 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 3
After (end of 1996) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 11 · Other 3
Ward results
Barton-le-Clay1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| A. Northwood | Liberal Democrats | 644 ✓ |
| G Charlton | Labour | 246 |
Beaudesert1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| J. Rampley | Labour | 903 ✓ |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 450 |
| H Griffin-Jorgensen | Liberal Democrats | 359 |
Brooklands1 seat · turnout 35.9%
| P Weller | Liberal Democrats | 734 ✓ |
| M. Elliot | Labour | 714 |
| G Cooper | Conservative | 326 |
Dunstable Central1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| L. Staples | Conservative | 916 ✓ |
| D Ross | Labour | 887 |
| I Witherick | Liberal Democrats | 210 |
| Le Carpenter A | Nlp | 39 |
Houghton Central1 seat · turnout 34.3%
| Jane Shaw | Labour | 764 ✓ |
| D. Hamill | Liberal Democrats | 559 |
Houghton East1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| I Sutcliffe | Liberal Democrats | 789 ✓ |
| R. Harris-Small | Labour | 545 |
Houghton South1 seat · turnout 28.9%
| R. Bird | Liberal Democrats | 787 ✓ |
| S. Hossain | Labour | 324 |
Icknield2 seats · turnout 34.9%
| M. Lewis | Labour | 820 ✓ |
| W. Bater | Labour | 729 ✓ |
| D. McVicar | Conservative | 715 |
| A. Brewer | Conservative | 629 |
| T. Windsor | Liberal Democrats | 256 |
| A Price | Liberal Democrats | 201 |
Linslade1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| S. Turner | Liberal Democrats | 744 ✓ |
| D Naylor | Conservative | 515 |
| M Rampley | Labour | 511 |
Northfields1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| M Rogers | Labour | 1,048 ✓ |
| W. Witherall | Conservative | 296 |
| C Simpson | Liberal Democrats | 152 |
| A Fountain | Independent | 130 |
Plantation1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| F Parker | Labour | 790 ✓ |
| R. Winsland | Conservative | 622 |
| N Bridgwater | Liberal Democrats | 214 |
| P Banwell | Independent | 125 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| J Lawton | Labour | 933 ✓ |
| A Fairbairn | Conservative | 482 |
| D Larkman | Liberal Democrats | 201 |
Southcott1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| P Snelling | Liberal Democrats | 771 ✓ |
| M Blackman | Labour | 402 |
| P. Hay | Conservative | 370 |
Stanbridge1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| R. Goodwin | Conservative | 296 ✓ |
| P. Hedges | Labour | 184 |
| C. Dover | Liberal Democrats | 81 |
Streatley1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| L. Ledster | Liberal Democrats | 506 ✓ |
| P Goodwin | Labour | 172 |
Toddington1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| M Howson | Labour | 787 ✓ |
| G. Hickinbottom | Conservative | 580 |
| R Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 149 |
Totternhoe1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| K Petherick | Labour | 246 ✓ |
| B Piggott | Conservative | 227 |
| G Tweedle | Liberal Democrats | 43 |