Before (end of 1996) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Conservative 11 · Other 10 · Liberal Democrats 5
After (end of 1997) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Conservative 11 · Other 10 · Liberal Democrats 4
Ward results
Lancaster City1 seat · turnout 72.7%
| R. Clark | Labour | 3,467 ✓ |
| I Gorst | Conservative | 1,936 |
| M Mumford | Liberal Democrats | 1,312 |
| J Barry | Green | 1,286 |
Lancaster East1 seat · turnout 73.2%
| R. Henig | Labour | 4,630 ✓ |
| S. Niven | Conservative | 1,624 |
| E. Cherian | Liberal Democrats | 1,622 |
| W. Deacon | Green | 441 |
| S Withers | Nlp | 44 |
Lancaster Rural Central1 seat · turnout 78.0%
| A. Jones | Conservative | 3,506 ✓ |
| M. Jackson | Labour | 1,967 |
| M. Buck | Liberal Democrats | 1,531 |
| Gina Dowding | Green | 290 |
Lancaster Rural South1 seat · turnout 69.9%
| P. Quinton | Liberal Democrats | 3,377 ✓ |
| J. Jackson | Conservative | 2,918 |
| A Bryning | Labour | 2,905 |
| T Pinkney | Green | 275 |
Morecambe East1 seat · turnout 73.2%
| A. Thornton | Labour | 2,873 ✓ |
| W. Russell | Conservative | 2,631 |
| R Day | Liberal Democrats | 2,274 |
| C. Broad | Independent | 800 |
Morecambe West1 seat · turnout 63.1%
| D. Stanley | Labour | 4,447 ✓ |
| K Brown | Conservative | 2,279 |
| P Broad | Independent | 871 |
| D Walne | Nlp | 106 |
Skerton1 seat · turnout 70.3%
| N. Penney | Labour | 4,822 ✓ |
| B. Hamid | Conservative | 1,725 |
| D. Grocock | Green | 436 |
University1 seat
| B. Ware | Labour | 3,165 ✓ |
| J Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 815 |
| J Abbott | Conservative | 746 |