Before (end of 1996) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 19 · Other 8 · Liberal Democrats 1
After (end of 1997) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 19 · Other 8 · Liberal Democrats 1
Ward results
Attleborough1 seat · turnout 72.0%
| A. Byrne | Conservative | 3,353 |
| J Williams | Labour | 2,342 |
| K. Holton | Liberal Democrats | 1,316 |
Dereham East1 seat
| L. Potter | Labour | 2,257 |
| C Jordan | Conservative | 2,149 |
| C Rawlings | Liberal Democrats | 1,010 |
| A. Geddes | Green | 285 |
Dereham West1 seat · turnout 70.2%
| R. Everett | Conservative | 2,410 |
| R. Goreham | Labour | 2,116 |
| E. Blane | Liberal Democrats | 1,103 |
| J. Park | Green | 491 |
Elmham And Mattishall1 seat · turnout 75.5%
| I. Floering Blackman | Conservative | 3,056 |
| P. Terry | Labour | 1,847 |
| B. Shelley | Liberal Democrats | 863 |
| J. Sammonds | Green | 300 |
Guiltcross1 seat · turnout 74.8%
| J Baskerville | Conservative | 2,453 |
| A. Hanson | Labour | 1,883 |
| J Glover | Liberal Democrats | 992 |
Necton And Launditch1 seat · turnout 77.8%
| J. Birkbeck | Conservative | 2,912 |
| D Holland | Labour | 2,229 |
| P Kane | Liberal Democrats | 655 |
| Jane Keidan-Cooper | Green | 268 |
SWAFFHAM1 seat · turnout 72.6%
| K. Mason | Conservative | 2,389 |
| G. Barnard | Labour | 2,175 |
| P. Mitchell | Liberal Democrats | 749 |
Thetford East1 seat · turnout 69.8%
| C. Armes | Labour | 2,600 |
| T Lamb | Independent | 2,285 |
| J. Wilkes | Liberal Democrats | 751 |
Thetford West1 seat · turnout 64.3%
| T. Paines | Labour | 2,038 |
| P. Crick | Conservative | 852 |
| D Jeffrey | Liberal Democrats | 850 |
WATTON1 seat · turnout 70.6%
| J. Rogers | Conservative | 2,508 |
| J. Bullock | Labour | 1,604 |
| K. Gilbert | Liberal Democrats | 1,523 |
Wissey1 seat · turnout 74.8%
| M. Rix | Conservative | 2,604 |
| D Curzon-Berners | Labour | 1,808 |
| P. Lockyear | Liberal Democrats | 1,198 |