Before (end of 1995) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 26 · Conservative 10 · Labour 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1996) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 28 · Labour 11 · Conservative 5 · Other 1
Ward results
Alsager East1 seat
| T. Farrell | Liberal Democrats | 913 ✓ |
| C McCarthy | Labour | 340 |
| D Clegg | Conservative | 186 |
Alsager West1 seat
| R. Fletcher | Liberal Democrats | 1,398 ✓ |
| W Hill | Conservative | 438 |
| E O'Kane | Labour | 350 |
Brereton1 seat
| Holland S. | Conservative | 455 ✓ |
| Y. Amery | Liberal Democrats | 135 |
| L. Platt | Labour | 55 |
Congleton North1 seat
| Win Grimshaw-Lewis | Labour | 788 ✓ |
| J. Pollard | Conservative | 188 |
| J. Fewirell | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
Congleton West1 seat
| P. Hornby | Liberal Democrats | 774 ✓ |
| Hilary Smith | Labour | 658 |
| N Bayley | Conservative | 621 |
Dane1 seat
| L. Simpson | Conservative | 921 ✓ |
| R. Bennett | Liberal Democrats | 777 |
| D. Smith | Labour | 51 |
Holmes Chapel1 seat
| R. Parry | Liberal Democrats | 1,741 ✓ |
| I. Mackenzie | Conservative | 489 |
| P. Barry | Labour | 321 |
Lawton1 seat
| R. Giltrap | Liberal Democrats | 708 ✓ |
| T Deighton | Conservative | 285 |
| H. Lewis | Labour | 180 |
Middlewich Cledford1 seat
| R Watkinson | Labour | 671 ✓ |
| Jacqueline Cox | Liberal Democrats | 274 |
| Mary Taylor | Conservative | 153 |
Middlewich Kinderton1 seat
| R. Scholet | Labour | 717 ✓ |
| D. Webster | Liberal Democrats | 669 |
| I Edmunds | Conservative | 292 |
Odd Rode1 seat
| K. Hemsley | Liberal Democrats | 971 ✓ |
| L. Parkes | Labour | 366 |
| M Hayes | Conservative | 232 |
Sandbach West1 seat
| D. Parkes | Labour | 674 ✓ |
| B Holland | Liberal Democrats | 602 |
| T. Peers | Conservative | 319 |