Before (end of 1995) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 28 · Conservative 13 · Labour 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1996) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 31 · Conservative 7 · Labour 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Botley1 seat
| D Blampied | Liberal Democrats | 697 ✓ |
| E. Lewry | Conservative | 485 |
| R Dean | Labour | 316 |
Bursledon1 seat
| D. Andrewes | Labour | 747 ✓ |
| D Stone | Conservative | 621 |
| G. Wintle | Liberal Democrats | 293 |
Chandler's Ford1 seat
| A. Wray | Liberal Democrats | 1,112 ✓ |
| R. Jones | Conservative | 750 |
| Joanne Clare Howells | Labour | 293 |
Eastleigh Central1 seat
| W. Luffman | Labour | 920 ✓ |
| W. Furness | Liberal Democrats | 909 |
| R Richardson | Conservative | 218 |
| A. Sneddon | Independent | 34 |
Eastleigh North1 seat
| Maureen Sollitt | Liberal Democrats | 1,201 ✓ |
| K Hardcastle | Labour | 993 |
| K Glyn-Davies | Conservative | 489 |
Eastleigh South1 seat
| Alan Broadhurst | Liberal Democrats | 874 ✓ |
| M. Tibble | Labour | 779 |
| P. Martin | Conservative | 125 |
| M Buckingham | Ind Lab | 78 |
Eastleigh West1 seat
| Marilyn Birks | Labour | 1,064 ✓ |
| A. Ewing | Liberal Democrats | 798 |
| S. Williams | Conservative | 601 |
Fair Oak1 seat
| P. Spearey | Liberal Democrats | 1,327 ✓ |
| B. Edwards | Conservative | 509 |
| M Sillett | Labour | 358 |
Hedge End St John's1 seat
| Jenny Hughes | Liberal Democrats | 776 ✓ |
| J. Hall | Conservative | 577 |
| V. Colville | Labour | 311 |
Hedge End Wildern1 seat
| G. Fraser | Liberal Democrats | 1,047 ✓ |
| D Small | Conservative | 629 |
| K Day | Labour | 528 |
Hound1 seat
| D. Airey | Liberal Democrats | 1,206 ✓ |
| P James | Labour | 834 |
| Maureen Queen | Conservative | 403 |
South1 seat
| F Argent | Liberal Democrats | 743 ✓ |
| J Smith | Labour | 380 |
| M. O'Brien | Conservative | 251 |