Before (end of 1995) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 24 · Labour 9 · Conservative 8 · Other 1
After (end of 1996) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 30 · Labour 10 · Conservative 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Beechings1 seat · turnout 8.8%
| V. Brown | Conservative | 209 |
| A. Jeffries | Liberal Democrats | 185 |
Brompton1 seat · turnout 30.5%
| G. Juby | Liberal Democrats | 764 ✓ |
| F. Clark | Labour | 412 |
| E. Harries | Conservative | 175 |
Hempstead & Wigmore1 seat · turnout 28.7%
| D. Chambers | Conservative | 930 ✓ |
| D. Day | Liberal Democrats | 853 |
| H. Clother | Labour | 334 |
Medway1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| A. Webber | Liberal Democrats | 821 ✓ |
| D. Gilry | Labour | 609 |
| D. Macfarlane | Conservative | 175 |
Park Wood1 seat · turnout 27.5%
| D. Liyanage | Liberal Democrats | 847 ✓ |
| C. Hattersley | Conservative | 420 |
| C. Hayton | Labour | 394 |
Priestfield1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| Y. Phillips | Liberal Democrats | 672 ✓ |
| A. Davies | Labour | 515 |
| A. Gardner | Conservative | 178 |
Rainham1 seat · turnout 34.7%
| C. Pinnock | Labour | 694 |
| W. Lower | Liberal Democrats | 468 |
| G. Fagg | Conservative | 460 |
Rainham Mark1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| J. Russell | Liberal Democrats | 679 ✓ |
| J. Anthony | Conservative | 666 |
| L. Miller | Labour | 506 |
Riverside1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| R. Guichard | Liberal Democrats | 816 ✓ |
| H. Baker | Labour | 369 |
| T. Collins | Conservative | 361 |
St. Margarets1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| E. Cansfield | Liberal Democrats | 1,022 ✓ |
| G. Payne | Conservative | 508 |
| J. Lloyd | Labour | 497 |
Twydall1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| M. Stevens | Labour | 876 ✓ |
| C. Crane | Conservative | 294 |
| M. Ruparel | Liberal Democrats | 159 |
| D. Kelly | Other | 126 |
Watling Street1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| G. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,108 ✓ |
| B. Kemp | Conservative | 406 |
| R. Letchford | Labour | 265 |