Before (end of 1995) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Labour 7 · Other 1
After (end of 1996) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 33 · Liberal Democrats 13 · Labour 5 · Other 2
Ward results
Paxton1 seat
| J Grosvenor | Liberal Democrats | 684 ✓ |
| K Willett | Conservative | 560 |
Ramsey1 seat
| N. Wagstaffe | Conservative | 824 |
| R Whiting | Labour | 435 |
| M Wheatley | Liberal Democrats | 291 |
Yaxley1 seat
| M. Butcher | Conservative | 869 |
| K. Goddard | Labour | 796 |
| Sophie Sutton | Liberal Democrats | 112 |