Before (end of 1995) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1996) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 25.4%
| R. Smith | Labour | 882 ✓ |
| S. Mitton | Conservative | 200 |
| S. Langton | Liberal Democrats | 151 |
Arbury1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| H. Wright | Labour | 1,063 ✓ |
| Patricia Wright | Labour | 1,063 ✓ |
| V. Ellis | Conservative | 670 |
| A Wrigley | Liberal Democrats | 205 |
Castle1 seat
| J. Hipkin | Liberal Democrats | 1,421 ✓ |
| C. Moorhouse | Labour | 1,071 ✓ |
| Robert Rigby | Conservative | 704 |
| R. Smith | Labour | 684 |
| Jacqueline Mitton | Conservative | 441 |
| S. Vogel | Liberal Democrats | 171 |
Cherry Hinton1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| G Howe | Labour | 1,022 ✓ |
| Barrett-Payton E. | Conservative | 510 |
| E. Howarth | Liberal Democrats | 313 |
Coleridge1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| J. Benstead | Labour | 1,234 ✓ |
| P. Axhorn | Conservative | 500 |
| E Corder | Liberal Democrats | 254 |
East Chesterton1 seat
| J. Nunes | Liberal Democrats | 1,271 ✓ |
| S Hartley | Labour | 1,249 |
| C Havercroft | Conservative | 365 |
King's Hedges1 seat · turnout 29.5%
| Peter Cowell | Labour | 1,116 ✓ |
| Stephen George | Conservative | 197 |
| Rhodri James | Liberal Democrats | 136 |
Kings Hedges1 seat
| P. Cowell | Labour | 1,116 ✓ |
| S. George | Conservative | 197 |
| R. James | Liberal Democrats | 136 |
Market1 seat · turnout 32.6%
| Colin Rosenstiel | Liberal Democrats | 1,196 ✓ |
| C. Rosentiel | Liberal Democrats | 1,196 ✓ |
| E. Flood | Labour | 719 |
| A. Hardie | Conservative | 223 |
Newnham1 seat · turnout 59.0%
| Gillian Richardson | Labour | 1,282 ✓ |
| J. Baird | Liberal Democrats | 1,249 |
| J. Minjay | Conservative | 828 ✓ |
| R. Crane | Labour | 629 |
| A Cardus | Liberal Democrats | 447 |
| Caroline Turnbull | Conservative | 301 |
| C. Turnball | Conservative | 301 |
Petersfield1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| Benjamin Bradnack | Labour | 1,456 ✓ |
| T. Bradnack | Labour | 1,456 ✓ |
| S Goddard | Liberal Democrats | 585 |
| P Welton | Conservative | 294 |
Queen Edith's1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| Graham Edwards | Conservative | 1,138 ✓ |
| Ashley Woodford | Liberal Democrats | 1,120 |
| John Beresford | Labour | 759 |
Queen Ediths1 seat
| G. Edwards | Conservative | 1,138 ✓ |
| A Woodford | Liberal Democrats | 1,120 |
| J Beresford | Labour | 759 |
Romsey1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| A Lucas | Labour | 1,184 ✓ |
| Catherine Helen Lindsay Smart | Liberal Democrats | 840 |
| Ann Watkins | Conservative | 109 |
Trumpington1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| H. Eagle | Liberal Democrats | 886 ✓ |
| S. Froggett | Conservative | 815 |
| K. Davison | Labour | 447 |
West Chesterton1 seat
| G. Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 1,221 ✓ |
| B Wardle | Labour | 755 |
| G. Stuart | Conservative | 323 |