Before (end of 1996) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 51 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Conservative 1 · Other 1
After (end of 1997) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 50 · Conservative 3 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey2 seats · turnout 63.8%
| D Poole | Conservative | 2,650 ✓ |
| J. Ryley | Conservative | 2,595 ✓ |
| S. Gammage | Labour | 2,490 |
| H. James | Labour | 2,451 |
| N Gosforth | Liberal Democrats | 1,386 |
| E Corlett | Liberal Democrats | 1,376 |
Aspley2 seats · turnout 52.2%
| D. Scott | Labour | 3,050 ✓ |
| L Unczur | Labour | 2,720 ✓ |
| D Chawner | Conservative | 1,056 |
| B Thurnell | Conservative | 835 |
Basford2 seats · turnout 59.2%
| Morris H. | Labour | 2,713 ✓ |
| A. Wakefield | Labour | 2,287 ✓ |
| D Sullivan | Conservative | 1,266 |
| D. Gibson | Conservative | 1,256 |
| D. Skinner | Liberal Democrats | 779 |
| J. Burr | Liberal Democrats | 742 |
Beechdale2 seats · turnout 62.2%
| Tony Bell | Labour | 2,667 ✓ |
| M Whittall | Labour | 2,174 ✓ |
| D. Bennett | Conservative | 1,562 |
| D Allwood | Conservative | 1,402 |
| D. Allen | Liberal Democrats | 1,131 |
Bestwood Park2 seats · turnout 54.4%
| J. Hartshorne | Labour | 2,581 ✓ |
| A. Robinson | Labour | 2,482 ✓ |
| T Bowler | Conservative | 763 |
| S. Poole | Conservative | 708 |
| T Huggett | Liberal Democrats | 561 |
Bilborough2 seats · turnout 55.7%
| S. Scott | Labour | 1,996 ✓ |
| M. Wood | Labour | 1,788 ✓ |
| J. Shore | Conservative | 699 |
| J. Richards | Conservative | 698 |
| J. Calvert | Liberal Democrats | 464 |
| P Lacey | Independent | 397 |
Bridge2 seats · turnout 55.1%
| I. Maclennan | Labour | 2,599 ✓ |
| G Gawith | Labour | 2,466 ✓ |
| Vera Cross | Conservative | 659 |
| Brown S. | Liberal Democrats | 625 |
| S. Mabbott | Conservative | 613 |
| A Marshall | Liberal Democrats | 584 |
Bulwell East2 seats · turnout 56.1%
| J. Donn | Labour | 2,794 ✓ |
| B Grocock | Labour | 2,615 ✓ |
| I. Culley | Conservative | 1,078 |
| I. Gilmour | Liberal Democrats | 1,056 |
| G Kilbourne | Conservative | 927 |
Bulwell West2 seats · turnout 52.4%
| D. Jones | Labour | 2,969 ✓ |
| E. Heppell | Labour | 2,941 ✓ |
| P Jackson | Conservative | 1,220 |
| J Pinnick | Conservative | 900 |
| R. Connell | Liberal Democrats | 814 |
| C Taylor | SOC | 246 |
Byron3 seats · turnout 52.2%
| A. Clark | Labour | 3,807 ✓ |
| E. Campbell | Labour | 3,544 ✓ |
| C. Stapleton | Labour | 3,147 ✓ |
| P Smedley | Conservative | 1,745 |
| S. Hyndman | Conservative | 1,740 |
| D Maltby | Conservative | 1,671 |
Clifton East2 seats · turnout 59.1%
| R. Greensmith | Labour | 2,923 ✓ |
| C. Gibson | Labour | 2,522 ✓ |
| R Dockerill | Conservative | 844 |
| N Mills | Conservative | 718 |
Clifton West2 seats · turnout 59.4%
| B. Charlesworth | Labour | 3,543 ✓ |
| J. Riley | Labour | 3,398 ✓ |
| J Allen | Conservative | 1,529 |
| C Bryant | Conservative | 1,507 |
Forest2 seats · turnout 47.9%
| J. Taylor | Labour | 2,460 ✓ |
| J Afsar | Labour | 2,116 ✓ |
| A Baxter | Green | 799 |
| J. Jenkin-Jones | Conservative | 723 |
| J Folman | Conservative | 696 |
| M Khan | Liberal Democrats | 614 |
Greenwood2 seats · turnout 57.8%
| D Mellen | Labour | 2,620 ✓ |
| K Williams | Labour | 2,532 ✓ |
| C. Clarke | Conservative | 1,806 |
| D Hyndman | Conservative | 1,614 |
| N Khan | Liberal Democrats | 449 |
Lenton2 seats · turnout 48.5%
| S. Parsons | Labour | 2,384 ✓ |
| M Aslam | Labour | 1,926 ✓ |
| D. Bennett | Conservative | 792 |
| S. Beecroft | Conservative | 785 |
| R Preston | Green | 614 |
Manvers2 seats · turnout 47.4%
| B. Higgins | Labour | 2,684 ✓ |
| D. Liversidge | Labour | 2,603 ✓ |
| S. Osborne | Conservative | 647 |
| Barbara Tuck | Conservative | 573 |
| T Repper | Liberal Democrats | 474 |
Mapperley2 seats · turnout 62.3%
| E. Dewinton | Labour | 2,389 ✓ |
| M Edwards | Labour | 2,365 ✓ |
| W. Bradbury | Conservative | 2,022 |
| R Rolling | Conservative | 1,754 |
| J Hay | Liberal Democrats | 847 |
| M Raymond | Liberal Democrats | 638 |
Park2 seats · turnout 59.4%
| R. Crowley | Labour | 2,397 ✓ |
| D. Trimble | Labour | 2,259 ✓ |
| S Freeland | Conservative | 1,453 |
| R Thomas | Conservative | 1,258 |
| J. Hale | Liberal Democrats | 1,033 |
| I Hale | Liberal Democrats | 925 |
Portland2 seats · turnout 60.1%
| B. Jackson | Labour | 2,412 ✓ |
| D Woodward | Labour | 2,023 ✓ |
| D Felstead | Conservative | 1,134 |
| M Prentice | Conservative | 1,132 |
| K. Falconbridge | Liberal Democrats | 630 |
| M. Bloomfield | Independent | 602 |
| S Hill | Liberal Democrats | 550 |
| T. Nicholls | Independent | 362 |
Radford2 seats · turnout 46.3%
| T Hussain | Labour | 1,951 ✓ |
| P Spear | Labour | 1,864 ✓ |
| M Diamond | Liberal Democrats | 698 |
| K. Taylor | Conservative | 547 |
| Ilona Poyser | Conservative | 481 |
| Rishi Mehta | Green | 381 |
Robin Hood2 seats · turnout 61.9%
| G. Long | Liberal Democrats | 2,813 ✓ |
| B Markin | Liberal Democrats | 2,370 ✓ |
| P Daley | Labour | 2,218 |
| E McLoughlin | Labour | 1,930 |
| L. Blunt | Conservative | 954 |
| I Franklin | Conservative | 932 |
Sherwood2 seats · turnout 71.3%
| P. Griggs | Labour | 2,560 ✓ |
| B. Parbutt | Labour | 2,536 ✓ |
| G Hyndman | Conservative | 1,764 |
| Tom Butcher | Conservative | 1,667 |
| D. Sansom | Liberal Democrats | 862 |
| K Mulloy | Liberal Democrats | 742 |
| R Yerrell | Green | 435 |
St. Annes2 seats · turnout 50.2%
| J. Collins | Labour | 2,349 ✓ |
| D. Wilson | Labour | 1,960 ✓ |
| G Green | Liberal Democrats | 761 |
| F Ross | Conservative | 733 |
| V Krishnan | Conservative | 621 |
Strelley2 seats · turnout 46.7%
| G. Chapman | Labour | 2,511 ✓ |
| B. Parker | Labour | 1,934 ✓ |
| Jonathan Crofts | Conservative | 463 |
| J Southall | Conservative | 429 |
| R. Oliver | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
Trent2 seats · turnout 46.5%
| L. East | Labour | 2,241 ✓ |
| A Asghar | Labour | 1,818 ✓ |
| Mike Collins | Conservative | 830 |
| A Price | Conservative | 699 |
| J Manners | Liberal Democrats | 523 |
Wilford2 seats · turnout 68.8%
| I. Malcolm | Labour | 2,754 ✓ |
| M Cowan | Labour | 2,440 ✓ |
| S. Thompson | Conservative | 1,893 |
| T. Spencer | Conservative | 1,806 |
| P Boyle | Liberal Democrats | 578 |
| A. Ellwood | Liberal Democrats | 572 |
