Before (end of 1996) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 44 · Conservative 10 · Labour 4 · Other 1
After (end of 1997) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 44 · Conservative 10 · Labour 4 · Other 1
Ward results
Bilton1 seat · turnout 71.8%
| A. Williams | Independent | 2,294 ✓ |
| D. Robinson | Labour | 955 |
| S Hogben | Conservative | 906 |
Boroughbridge1 seat · turnout 70.8%
| C. Wilson | Conservative | 2,585 ✓ |
| K Allen | Liberal Democrats | 1,225 |
| A Woodhead | Labour | 799 |
Claro1 seat · turnout 75.5%
| W. Brewis | Conservative | 2,360 ✓ |
| C. Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 1,768 |
| L. Van Hoff | Labour | 361 |
Duchy1 seat · turnout 68.0%
| G. Webber | Liberal Democrats | 2,225 ✓ |
| M Laycock | Conservative | 1,823 |
| K. Macdonald | Labour | 476 |
East Central1 seat · turnout 64.8%
| S. Macare | Liberal Democrats | 1,713 ✓ |
| G Boyd | Conservative | 978 |
| S Hutchings | Labour | 641 |
Granby1 seat · turnout 66.0%
| James Marshall | Liberal Democrats | 2,220 ✓ |
| C Page | Conservative | 851 |
| A Maddonald | Labour | 614 |
Harlow1 seat
| Duckworth J. | Liberal Democrats | 2,227 ✓ |
| J Webster | Conservative | 2,117 |
| G Robinson | Labour | 381 |
Haverah1 seat · turnout 75.8%
| R. Thomas | Conservative | 2,776 ✓ |
| Tom Watson | Liberal Democrats | 1,317 |
| B Robinson | Labour | 429 |
Killinghall & New Park1 seat · turnout 71.5%
| J. Crowther | Liberal Democrats | 2,252 ✓ |
| R Davenport | Conservative | 1,564 |
| H Sutcliffe | Labour | 455 |
Knaresborough East1 seat · turnout 75.6%
| Robert Michael Hall | Liberal Democrats | 2,158 ✓ |
| J. Bellis | Conservative | 1,536 |
| A. Crouch | Labour | 799 |
Knaresborough West1 seat · turnout 71.3%
| Hoult B. | Liberal Democrats | 1,712 ✓ |
| S. Maclean | Conservative | 1,279 |
| M Hayton | Labour | 954 |
Masham & Fountains1 seat · turnout 76.5%
| T Mould | Liberal Democrats | 2,087 ✓ |
| C. Adamson | Conservative | 1,747 |
| P. Foxall | Labour | 448 |
Pannal1 seat · turnout 81.1%
| C. Trotter | Conservative | 2,326 ✓ |
| D Forrester | Liberal Democrats | 1,634 |
| C. Coltman | Labour | 184 |
Pateley Bridge1 seat · turnout 75.3%
| W Fort | Conservative | 2,075 ✓ |
| L. Ellington | Liberal Democrats | 1,800 |
| R Newby-Batty | Labour | 349 |
Poppleton1 seat · turnout 76.1%
| J. Savage | Conservative | 1,034 ✓ |
| G. Firth | Liberal Democrats | 734 |
| P O'Connor | Labour | 378 |
Ripon East1 seat · turnout 64.1%
| J Groves | Liberal Democrats | 1,524 ✓ |
| D Briscombe | Conservative | 1,336 |
| J Barker | Labour | 910 |
Ripon West1 seat · turnout 66.6%
| J. Stockdale | Liberal Democrats | 1,714 ✓ |
| S. Haithwaith | Conservative | 1,501 |
| A Snowden | Labour | 529 |
Starbeck1 seat · turnout 69.2%
| M. De Courcey-Bayley | Liberal Democrats | 2,082 ✓ |
| E Cooper | Conservative | 872 |
| Geoff Foxall | Labour | 799 |
Wedderburn1 seat · turnout 74.8%
| C. Kelley | Liberal Democrats | 2,491 ✓ |
| S. Mercer | Conservative | 1,628 |
| S Swithinbank | Labour | 408 |
West Central1 seat
| G Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 1,647 ✓ |
| J Frobisher | Conservative | 1,490 |
| C. Colman | Labour | 401 |
