Before (end of 1995) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 23 · Conservative 13 · Other 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1996) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 25 · Conservative 11 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Broadwater1 seat · turnout 27.9%
| B. McCluskie | Liberal Democrats | 1,186 ✓ |
| D Meneaud-Lissenburg | Conservative | 343 |
| R White | Labour | 256 |
Castle1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| G Cornell | Liberal Democrats | 839 ✓ |
| A Garrett | Conservative | 729 |
| J Hammond | Labour | 503 |
Central2 seats · turnout 28.0%
| M Tucker | Liberal Democrats | 920 ✓ |
| L. Millington-Pratt | Liberal Democrats | 892 ✓ |
| J. Livermore | Conservative | 545 |
| S Shreeve | Conservative | 532 |
| K Smith | Labour | 261 |
Durrington1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| N. Bull | Liberal Democrats | 1,064 ✓ |
| V. Sutton | Conservative | 976 |
| K. Hammond | Labour | 314 |
| L. Colkett | Green | 66 |
Gaisford1 seat · turnout 32.6%
| A Price | Liberal Democrats | 967 ✓ |
| S Craghill | Conservative | 822 |
| J. Hurcombe | Labour | 230 |
| J. Baker | Green | 59 |
Goring1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| S. Waight | Conservative | 1,778 ✓ |
| J McRurn-Stewart | Liberal Democrats | 757 |
| O. Rand | Labour | 241 |
Heene1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| J Smith | Conservative | 1,124 ✓ |
| Janet Bennett | Liberal Democrats | 534 |
| S Newman | Labour | 292 |
Marine1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| R Aston-Dive | Conservative | 1,263 ✓ |
| E Halpin | Liberal Democrats | 630 |
| N. Michica | Labour | 291 |
| S Colgate | Green | 79 |
Offington1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| R. Green | Conservative | 1,372 ✓ |
| D Gibson | Liberal Democrats | 1,089 |
| J. Gardiner | Labour | 226 |
Salvington1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| A. Lynn | Conservative | 1,214 ✓ |
| J. Kasprowicz | Liberal Democrats | 1,070 |
| J. Wicks | Labour | 268 |
Selden1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| R Gibbins | Liberal Democrats | 1,046 ✓ |
| Tony Jackson | Conservative | 533 |
| T Smith | Labour | 361 |