Before (end of 1996) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 14 · Conservative 9 · Labour 9 · Liberal Democrats 8
After (end of 1997) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 14 · Conservative 9 · Labour 9 · Liberal Democrats 8
Ward results
Aldbourne & Ramsbury1 seat · turnout 77.1%
| C Humphries | Conservative | 2,571 ✓ |
| G Francis | Liberal Democrats | 2,213 |
| B McClintock | Labour | 660 |
Avon & Cannings1 seat · turnout 75.7%
| D. Willmott | Conservative | 2,207 ✓ |
| J Thomson | Liberal Democrats | 1,582 |
| T O'Sullivan | Labour | 1,118 |
| A Wood | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 180 |
Bedwyn & Pewsey1 seat · turnout 77.4%
| J. Scott | Liberal Democrats | 2,735 ✓ |
| A Bromwich | Conservative | 2,386 |
| M Maude | Labour | 884 |
Collingbourne1 seat · turnout 58.0%
| M. Connolly | Liberal Democrats | 1,613 ✓ |
| P Colling | Conservative | 1,489 |
| E Dalkin | Labour | 722 |
| A Still | Independent | 489 |
Devizes South & Bromham1 seat · turnout 77.0%
| P. Rugg | Conservative | 2,923 ✓ |
| Thorpe J. | Labour | 1,647 |
| H Jordens | Liberal Democrats | 1,636 |
Lavington1 seat · turnout 76.9%
| D Jarvis | Conservative | 2,663 ✓ |
| A. Thomson | Liberal Democrats | 1,534 |
| D Wearn | Labour | 1,158 |
Marlborough1 seat · turnout 75.6%
| M. Boulton | Liberal Democrats | 1,816 ✓ |
| J. Goodfellow | Conservative | 1,772 |
| A Light | Labour | 782 |