Before (end of 1996)
Not known.
After (end of 1997) (9 seats, our estimate)
Conservative 5 · Liberal Democrats 4
Ward results
Birch Copse2 seats
| B Gardner | Liberal Democrats | 1,250 ✓ |
| M Mooney | Conservative | 1,124 ✓ |
| D. Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 1,113 |
| A Linden | Conservative | 1,090 |
| C. Brenda | Labour | 649 |
| R. Tutton | Labour | 603 |
Lambourn2 seats
| D Liddiard | Conservative | 1,503 ✓ |
| A Jones | Conservative | 1,464 ✓ |
| S. Cooker | Liberal Democrats | 1,393 |
| J. Davies | Liberal Democrats | 1,248 |
| P Cox | Labour | 294 |
| J Aubrey | Labour | 184 |
Purley On Thames2 seats
| J. Chapman | Conservative | 1,419 ✓ |
| M. French | Conservative | 1,169 ✓ |
| R Bird | Liberal Democrats | 619 |
| B Veale | Liberal Democrats | 501 |
| S. Hartney | Labour | 384 |
| S White | Labour | 384 |
| M. Kennet | Green | 236 |
Sulhamstead1 seat
| V. Fairley | Liberal Democrats | 744 ✓ |
| P Newall | Conservative | 470 |
Thatcham East2 seats
| A Ferguson | Liberal Democrats | 1,691 |
| S Cardwell | Conservative | 889 |
| E. Jones | Conservative | 759 |
| P Johnston | Labour | 332 |
| E. Streets | Labour | 234 |
Westwood2 seats
| B. Dowding | Liberal Democrats | 1,653 ✓ |
| Janet Gardner | Liberal Democrats | 1,520 ✓ |
| D Henderson | Conservative | 1,034 |
| G Strudley | Labour | 604 |
| C Comley | Labour | 506 |