Before (end of 1995) (50 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 24 · Conservative 22 · Other 3 · Labour 1
After (end of 1996) (50 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 24 · Conservative 22 · Other 3 · Labour 1
Ward results
Newtown3 seats · turnout 31.8%
| B. Clements | Liberal Democrats | 1,359 ✓ |
| M. Plummer | Liberal Democrats | 1,230 ✓ |
| G. Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 1,190 ✓ |
| J. Drage | Labour | 1,080 |
| J Heaney | Labour | 1,006 |
| K Hilton | Labour | 1,004 |
| J Brown | Conservative | 438 |
| P Ralph | Conservative | 411 |
| P. Robinson | Conservative | 385 |