Before (end of 1995) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 27 · Conservative 20 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1996) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
| A. Storey | Conservative | 1,143 ✓ |
| E. Caines | Labour | 306 |
| Catherine Gerran Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 228 |
Haldens2 seats
| L May | Labour | 1,701 ✓ |
| S. Taylor | Labour | 1,649 ✓ |
| M Carse | Conservative | 447 |
| C Gabell | Liberal Democrats | 354 |
Handside1 seat
| D. Lewis | Conservative | 1,281 ✓ |
| Shirley Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 672 |
| J. Spinks | Labour | 511 |
Hatfield East1 seat
| C. Croft | Labour | 1,111 ✓ |
| Jack Dean | Conservative | 771 |
| P. Sherrard | Liberal Democrats | 301 |
Hatfield North1 seat
| R. Little | Labour | 1,085 ✓ |
| L. Hodsdon | Conservative | 360 |
| A. Benakis | Liberal Democrats | 202 |
Hatfield West1 seat
| W Renwick | Labour | 1,175 ✓ |
| B Kachiwla | Conservative | 421 |
| R. Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 268 |
Hollybush1 seat
| M. Birleston | Labour | 1,189 ✓ |
| Barry Johnson | Conservative | 255 |
| W Corbishley | Liberal Democrats | 151 |
Northaw & Cuffley1 seat
| R. Thomas | Conservative | 918 ✓ |
| A. Allgood | Labour | 243 |
| W Parkinson | Liberal Democrats | 149 |
| B Cheetham | Independent | 140 |
Panshanger1 seat
| K. Prentice | Labour | 819 ✓ |
| K. Pieri | Conservative | 613 |
| M Dunstone | Liberal Democrats | 137 |
Peartree1 seat
| U. Bennett | Labour | 1,349 ✓ |
| A. Peffer | Conservative | 205 |
| J. Corbishley | Liberal Democrats | 99 |
Sherrards1 seat
| Patricia Johnson | Labour | 1,298 ✓ |
| A Robinson | Conservative | 835 |
| Cooke D. | Liberal Democrats | 254 |
Welham Green & Redhall1 seat
| Sue Jones | Labour | 1,143 ✓ |
| R Kenison | Conservative | 738 |
| M Richardson | Liberal Democrats | 204 |
Welwyn South1 seat
| S. Pile | Conservative | 883 ✓ |
| K. Le Mare | Labour | 559 |
| D. Bartlett | Liberal Democrats | 321 |