Before (end of 1995) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 6 · Other 1
After (end of 1996) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 5 · Conservative 3
Ward results
Aggborough & Spennells1 seat
| Helen Dyke | Liberal Democrats | 1,171 ✓ |
| J. Gretton | Labour | 1,161 |
| A Mackenzie-Farmer | Conservative | 466 |
Areley Kings1 seat
| J. Shaw | Labour | 1,337 ✓ |
| Lalaine Jones | Conservative | 372 |
Bewdley1 seat
| L. Edginton | Conservative | 617 ✓ |
| L. Moore | Liberal Democrats | 613 |
| D Toney | Labour | 516 |
Greenhill1 seat
| D. Smith | Labour | 1,291 ✓ |
| H. Corbett | Liberal Democrats | 835 |
| W. Williams | Conservative | 218 |
Habberley and Blakebrook1 seat
| M. Kelly | Labour | 1,496 ✓ |
| N Preece | Conservative | 459 |
| A. Beavis | Liberal Democrats | 160 |
Lickhill1 seat
| I. Dolan | Labour | 1,434 ✓ |
| E. Mills | Conservative | 618 |
| A. Millington | Independent | 103 |
Oldington and Foley Park1 seat
| A. Beavis | Liberal Democrats | 843 ✓ |
| P Hayden | Labour | 730 |
| C Barth | Independent | 116 |
| M. Anderson | Conservative | 81 |
Rock & Ribbesford1 seat
| J. Simmonds | Independent | 471 ✓ |
| C. Ing-Simmons | Conservative | 175 |
| G Tunstall | Labour | 104 |
| D Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 41 |
Sutton Park1 seat
| Cook M. | Labour | 863 ✓ |
| C Whitaker | Liberal Democrats | 783 |
| M. Maynard-Rollings | Conservative | 219 |
Wribbenhall & Arley1 seat
| R White | Labour | 1,035 ✓ |
| S. Clee | Conservative | 761 |
| R Woodhouse | Liberal Democrats | 171 |