Before (end of 1995) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 10 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1996) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 21 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Charles Dickens3 seats
| Keith Crabbe | Labour | 1,810 ✓ |
| P. Spencer | Labour | 1,689 ✓ |
| L. Semke | Labour | 1,632 ✓ |
| Sudney Harman | Liberal Democrats | 772 |
| A Pursell | Liberal Democrats | 681 |
| J Hayes | Liberal Democrats | 671 |
| S Gilbert | Conservative | 398 |
| Jocelyn Lovett | Conservative | 368 |
| D Plater | Conservative | 355 |
Copnor3 seats
| T Bryant | Labour | 2,305 ✓ |
| J Curran | Labour | 2,244 ✓ |
| D Giles | Labour | 2,063 ✓ |
| M. Park | Conservative | 1,367 |
| Barton J. | Conservative | 1,339 |
| Hey M. | Conservative | 1,290 |
| P. Strawbridge | Liberal Democrats | 586 |
| J. Pilkington | Liberal Democrats | 551 |
| T. Ward | Liberal Democrats | 547 |
| K. Jacks | Green | 270 |
Cosham3 seats
| I. Rapson | Labour | 1,832 ✓ |
| Graham Heaney | Labour | 1,809 ✓ |
| C. Lowndes | Labour | 1,797 ✓ |
| C. Young | Conservative | 1,083 |
| K. Cameron | Conservative | 1,063 |
| I. Pine | Conservative | 1,018 |
| A Webb | Liberal Democrats | 413 |
| H. Mason | Liberal Democrats | 353 |
| D. Webb | Liberal Democrats | 308 |
Drayton & Farlington3 seats
| I. Gibson | Conservative | 2,429 ✓ |
| F. Warner | Conservative | 2,292 ✓ |
| Barry Maine | Conservative | 2,269 ✓ |
| C. Davis | Labour | 1,378 |
| C. Clark | Labour | 1,258 |
| T. Wimblrton | Labour | 1,154 |
| J. Cottam | Liberal Democrats | 486 |
| J Inkpen | Liberal Democrats | 463 |
| C. Parker | Liberal Democrats | 445 |
| D Denny | Independent | 309 |
| A. Brooke | Green | 264 |
| P Coe | UK Ind | 198 |
Fratton3 seats · turnout 24.2%
| M. Hancock | Liberal Democrats | 2,115 |
| P Hawkesworth | Liberal Democrats | 1,536 |
| B Bundy | Labour | 1,126 |
| S. Southwell | Labour | 1,008 |
| P Gaskin | Labour | 982 |
| P Ross | Conservative | 475 |
| T. Mitchell | Green | 281 |
Havelock3 seats
| A Burnett | Labour | 2,436 ✓ |
| A. Golds | Labour | 2,173 ✓ |
| P. Webb | Labour | 2,079 ✓ |
| J Higham | Conservative | 827 |
| V. Strange | Conservative | 757 |
| Christine Quar | Conservative | 756 |
| John Cornell | Liberal Democrats | 587 |
| P Spurgeon | Liberal Democrats | 544 |
| Steven Wylie | Liberal Democrats | 524 |
| M Dawe | Green | 362 |
Highland3 seats
| A Bentley | Liberal Democrats | 1,952 ✓ |
| V. Bye | Liberal Democrats | 1,635 ✓ |
| Frederick Charlton | Liberal Democrats | 1,596 ✓ |
| T Read | Labour | 1,275 |
| M. Gooch | Labour | 1,274 |
| D Whitcher | Labour | 1,239 |
| Read B. | Conservative | 964 |
| B Hollands | Conservative | 907 |
| J Collick | Conservative | 904 |
| Z Whiteman | Green | 207 |
Hilsea3 seats
| M. Hancock | Labour | 2,254 ✓ |
| T Blair | Labour | 2,103 ✓ |
| S. Fry | Labour | 2,086 ✓ |
| Robin Sparshatt | Conservative | 1,207 |
| G. Matthews | Conservative | 1,141 |
| S. Maycock | Conservative | 1,130 |
| S. Penfold | Liberal Democrats | 512 |
| Matthew Jensen | Liberal Democrats | 383 |
| T Pugh | Liberal Democrats | 333 |
Milton3 seats
| J. Spurgeon | Liberal Democrats | 1,798 ✓ |
| R. Cole | Liberal Democrats | 1,598 ✓ |
| N Sizer | Liberal Democrats | 1,532 ✓ |
| M Southwell | Labour | 1,294 |
| L. Armstrong | Labour | 1,111 |
| P Turk | Labour | 1,072 |
| A Goble | Conservative | 963 |
| J. Goble | Conservative | 943 |
| A. Walters | Conservative | 922 |
| S Coote | Green | 262 |
Nelson3 seats
| L. Madden | Labour | 1,859 ✓ |
| J Fazackarley | Labour | 1,859 ✓ |
| T. McCarthy | Labour | 1,805 ✓ |
| Dominic Fairfax | Conservative | 469 |
| S Nicholas | Conservative | 458 |
| T Gregory | Ind Con | 451 |
| V Buckle | Liberal Democrats | 387 |
| T Malak | Conservative | 369 |
| D Spurgeon | Liberal Democrats | 338 |
| John Swarbrick | Liberal Democrats | 267 |
Paulsgrove3 seats
| James Patey | Labour | 1,983 ✓ |
| S. Rapson | Labour | 1,945 ✓ |
| David Horne | Labour | 1,809 ✓ |
| A Langford | Conservative | 458 |
| A Maine | Conservative | 430 |
| A Brace | Conservative | 419 |
| D Churcher | Liberal Democrats | 280 |
| C Churcher | Liberal Democrats | 250 |
| A Lloyd | Liberal Democrats | 246 |
St Jude3 seats
| M. Chewter | Conservative | 1,322 ✓ |
| E. Baker | Conservative | 1,258 ✓ |
| N. Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 1,237 ✓ |
| P Huxtable | Conservative | 1,212 |
| N Kendall | Liberal Democrats | 1,098 |
| Judith Wheeler | Liberal Democrats | 1,041 |
| A Chafer | Labour | 834 |
| J Hobson | Labour | 775 |
| Stephen Sanders | Labour | 743 |
| C Jackson | Ind Con | 194 |
| M Keith-Smith | Ind Con | 187 |
| B Rathbone | Ind Con | 116 |
St Thomas3 seats
| F. Worley | Conservative | 1,331 |
| G Goble | Liberal Democrats | 1,324 |
| Munro Price | Liberal Democrats | 1,318 |
| S. Thomas | Labour | 1,310 |
| S. Wemyss | Conservative | 1,306 |
| G. Quar | Conservative | 1,260 |
| S Reid | Labour | 1,257 |
| Sutton J. | Liberal Democrats | 1,244 |
| R. Thomas | Labour | 1,244 |
| B. Lewington | Ind Con | 298 |
| R. Wilson | Green | 224 |
| L. Williams | Ind Con | 206 |
| C. Regan | Ind Con | 175 |