Before (end of 1996) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 25 · Conservative 11 · Other 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1997) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 25 · Conservative 11 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Broadwater1 seat · turnout 69.9%
| A. Clare | Liberal Democrats | 2,362 ✓ |
| B. Bettelley | Conservative | 1,769 |
| M Woolley | Labour | 974 |
Cissbury1 seat · turnout 74.0%
| C O'Neill | Conservative | 3,241 ✓ |
| G. Miller | Liberal Democrats | 2,441 |
| T. Ashley | Labour | 577 |
Durrington1 seat · turnout 71.1%
| N. Rodgers | Liberal Democrats | 2,400 ✓ |
| P. Farrell | Conservative | 2,326 |
| K. Hammond | Labour | 734 |
East1 seat
| I. Richards | Liberal Democrats | 2,009 ✓ |
| Tony Jackson | Conservative | 1,737 |
| Marshall C. | Labour | 996 |
| J. Glass | Green | 161 |
East Worthing1 seat
| I. Richards | Liberal Democrats | 2,009 |
| Tony Jackson | Conservative | 1,737 |
| Marshall C. | Labour | 996 |
| J. Glass | Green | 161 |
Goring-By-Sea1 seat · turnout 77.3%
| G Forshaw | Conservative | 3,351 ✓ |
| J. McGurn Stewart | Liberal Democrats | 2,134 |
| O. Rand | Labour | 634 |
Maybridge1 seat · turnout 72.0%
| P. Green | Liberal Democrats | 2,300 ✓ |
| P Bleasdale | Conservative | 1,769 |
| P Balderstone | Labour | 961 |
Richmond1 seat · turnout 57.7%
| J Livermore | Conservative | 1,654 ✓ |
| C. Selby | Liberal Democrats | 1,519 |
| J Hammond | Labour | 665 |
| D Colkett | Green | 179 |
Salvington1 seat · turnout 72.3%
| Stevens C. | Conservative | 2,601 ✓ |
| D Rowley | Liberal Democrats | 2,372 |
| J. Wicks | Labour | 733 |
West Parade1 seat · turnout 69.5%
| E. Giddins | Conservative | 3,177 ✓ |
| H. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 1,789 |
| J. Balderstone | Labour | 780 |
| L. Colkett | Green | 185 |
West Tarring1 seat · turnout 66.8%
| J Rose | Liberal Democrats | 2,432 ✓ |
| H Kemp | Conservative | 1,657 |
| J Parr | Labour | 759 |
| S Colgate | Green | 170 |
