Before (end of 1996) (58 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 31 · Labour 11 · Other 8 · Conservative 8
After (end of 1997) (58 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 31 · Labour 11 · Conservative 8 · Other 8
Ward results
Alderbury1 seat · turnout 78.5%
| C. Blackwood | Conservative | 2,668 ✓ |
| G. Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 1,911 |
| G Strain | Labour | 599 |
Amesbury1 seat · turnout 70.8%
| A. Peach | Conservative | 2,283 ✓ |
| M Allan | Liberal Democrats | 1,389 |
| R. Pelling | Labour | 722 |
| P Matthews | Green | 157 |
Downton1 seat · turnout 75.4%
| J. Johnson | Conservative | 2,814 ✓ |
| R Ford | Liberal Democrats | 1,617 |
| H Ross | Labour | 1,047 |
| M. Reed | Green | 310 |
Durrington & Bulford1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| L. Morris | Conservative | 1,731 ✓ |
| J. Greville | Liberal Democrats | 1,636 |
| T. Jacobs | Labour | 812 |
| M Pafford | Green | 105 |
Mere1 seat · turnout 76.9%
| R. Catton | Conservative | 2,131 ✓ |
| M. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 1,346 |
| G Parish | Labour | 604 |
Salisbury Bemerton1 seat · turnout 66.7%
| Ricky Rogers | Labour | 2,040 ✓ |
| P. Roche | Conservative | 997 |
| J. Heaney | Liberal Democrats | 883 |
Salisbury Harnham1 seat · turnout 75.7%
| I. Throp | Conservative | 1,852 ✓ |
| B Dalton | Liberal Democrats | 1,261 |
| G Buckley | Labour | 665 |
| R. Perry | Green | 186 |
Salisbury St. Mark1 seat · turnout 79.2%
| P. Chalke | Conservative | 2,399 ✓ |
| J Cherry | Liberal Democrats | 1,239 |
| K. Dawson | Labour | 731 |
| S. Wright | Green | 132 |
Salisbury St. Martin1 seat · turnout 68.6%
| P. Sample | Liberal Democrats | 2,261 ✓ |
| K Robbin | Conservative | 1,511 |
| Susan Mallory | Labour | 772 |
| I. Nath | Green | 209 |
Salisbury St. Paul1 seat · turnout 71.3%
| B. Jay | Labour | 2,503 ✓ |
| T Nolan | Conservative | 1,102 |
| R. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 840 |
Tisbury1 seat · turnout 74.7%
| R. Baddeley | Conservative | 2,420 ✓ |
| F. Corp | Liberal Democrats | 1,571 |
| P Whiteside | Labour | 567 |
Wilton & Wylye1 seat · turnout 75.1%
| I. West | Liberal Democrats | 2,293 ✓ |
| A Brown-Hovelt | Conservative | 1,987 |
| M. Thomas | Labour | 725 |
| T Abbott | Independent | 303 |
| S. Green | Green | 152 |
