Before (end of 1996) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 21 · Other 19 · Conservative 6 · Labour 2
After (end of 1997) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 20 · Other 11 · Conservative 10 · Labour 1
Ward results
Bayton & Mamble2 seats
| R. Dare | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| D. Godwin | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Broadheath1 seat · turnout 69.3%
| A. Forrest | Liberal Democrats | 626 ✓ |
| G. Bauldauf-Good | Labour | 334 |
Hallow1 seat · turnout 92.2%
| A. Davies | Conservative | 3,262 ✓ |
| D Cropp | Liberal Democrats | 1,690 |
| G. Martyr | Labour | 830 |
| F Tarbuck | Conservative | 563 |
KEMPSEY2 seats · turnout 55.8%
| M. Biddle | Independent | 1,512 ✓ |
| E. Burnham | Ind Con | 933 ✓ |
| M. Dennison | Liberal Democrats | 571 |
| A. Sanders | Liberal Democrats | 386 |
Langland3 seats
| J. Davy | Liberal Democrats | 1,644 ✓ |
| B. Merrien | Liberal Democrats | 956 ✓ |
| P. Merrick | Labour | 952 ✓ |
| B. Pilcher | Liberal Democrats | 936 |
| B. Palmer | Labour | 811 |
| D. Coates | Conservative | 656 |
| P. Gibson | Labour | 636 |
| R Perkins | Green | 389 |
Laugherne Hill1 seat · turnout 73.8%
| G. Jordan | Independent | 795 ✓ |
| A Boughton | Liberal Democrats | 476 |
Leigh & Bransford1 seat
| J. Guise | Independent | 663 ✓ |
| P. Eacock | Liberal Democrats | 362 |
Link3 seats
| P. Raven | Liberal Democrats | 1,610 ✓ |
| Clive Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,469 ✓ |
| P. Tuthill | Liberal Democrats | 1,258 ✓ |
| B. Hickling | Conservative | 963 |
| Ian George Hopwood | Conservative | 733 |
| M. Wood | Labour | 732 |
| S. Scarsbrook | Green | 349 |
Longdon1 seat · turnout 72.0%
| R. Du Pont | Independent | 686 ✓ |
| J. Craddock | Green | 447 |
Malvern Chase1 seat
| D Rayner | Liberal Democrats | 2,772 ✓ |
| S. Cooper | Conservative | 1,749 |
| L Hall | Labour | 696 |
| A Whitty | Independent | 248 |
Malvern Link1 seat
| B. Watton | Liberal Democrats | 2,663 ✓ |
| B. Hickling | Conservative | 2,651 |
| M. Wood | Labour | 1,166 |
Malvern Trinity1 seat · turnout 73.3%
| J. Webb | Liberal Democrats | 2,432 ✓ |
| A Ogilvie | Conservative | 1,740 |
| G. Holt | Labour | 893 |
| P. Jupp | Independent | 240 |
Martley1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| B. Williams | Conservative | 782 ✓ |
| D Cropp | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
Morton1 seat · turnout 74.8%
| A. Stewart-Cleary | Conservative | 602 ✓ |
| A. Bates | Green | 594 |
Powick1 seat · turnout 76.2%
| T. Wells | Liberal Democrats | 2,571 ✓ |
| T. Bruce-Morgan | Conservative | 2,404 |
| Randall J. | Labour | 457 |
Powyke2 seats · turnout 26.7%
| T. Wells | Liberal Democrats | 1,442 ✓ |
| P. Ritson | Conservative | 620 ✓ |
| D. Sanderson | Liberal Democrats | 536 |
| H. Taggart | Conservative | 532 |
Priory2 seats
| Roger Francis Hall-Jones | Conservative | 628 ✓ |
| John Ford | Liberal Democrats | 573 ✓ |
| F. Coates | Conservative | 565 |
| W Owens | Liberal Democrats | 414 |
| Robert Dowler | Green | 240 |
| L Hall | Labour | 220 |
Tenbury1 seat · turnout 72.6%
| R. Farmer | Conservative | 2,444 ✓ |
| A. Tranter | Independent | 1,507 |
Tenbury Town2 seats · turnout 58.0%
| R. Holroyd | Independent | 1,176 ✓ |
| T. Matthews | Independent | 883 ✓ |
| P. Mound | Conservative | 725 |
The Hanleys1 seat · turnout 78.8%
| T. Bruce-Morgan | Conservative | 581 ✓ |
| A. Storey-Day | Green | 409 |
Trinity3 seats · turnout 15.3%
| G. Myatt | Liberal Democrats | 1,579 ✓ |
| R Williams | Liberal Democrats | 1,554 ✓ |
| David John Young | Liberal Democrats | 1,458 ✓ |
| A Ogilvie | Conservative | 1,042 |
| M Braley | Conservative | 1,008 |
| A Stocks | Conservative | 925 |
| G. Holt | Labour | 693 |
| G Hamblin | Green | 490 |
| P. Jupp | Independent | 363 |
Upton On Severn2 seats
| B Williams | Labour | 1,017 ✓ |
| D Hickman | Conservative | 616 ✓ |
| R Kitchin | Liberal Democrats | 457 |
| J Corke | Liberal Democrats | 394 |
| D. Tizard | Labour | 254 |
Vale Of The Teme1 seat · turnout 75.9%
| G. Dunne | Ind Con | 360 ✓ |
| A. Tranter | Independent | 186 |
Wells2 seats
| J. Tretheway | Liberal Democrats | 1,078 ✓ |
| J. Bowden | Liberal Democrats | 813 ✓ |
| G. Downs | Conservative | 730 |
| Malcolm Victory | Green | 278 |
| M Dodsworth | Labour | 223 |
West2 seats
| P. Vere | Liberal Democrats | 900 ✓ |
| Christine Wild | Liberal Democrats | 717 ✓ |
| J. Raine | Green | 580 |
| J. Stocks | Conservative | 561 |
| M. Holt | Labour | 398 |
Woodbury1 seat · turnout 76.8%
| P. Cumming | Conservative | 648 ✓ |
| S. Boyland | Independent | 593 |
