Before (end of 1997) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Conservative 9 · Other 5
After (end of 1998) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 21 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Conservative 11 · Other 4
Ward results
Bagley1 seat · turnout 24.4%
| D. Farmer | Liberal Democrats | 598 ✓ |
| G. Mason | Labour | 243 |
| H. Langley | Conservative | 228 |
Bayston Hill1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| J. Clarke | Labour | 789 ✓ |
| J. Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 664 |
| M Chatfield | Conservative | 214 |
Castlefields & Ditherington1 seat · turnout 23.4%
| J. Turnbull | Labour | 734 ✓ |
| C Toms | Liberal Democrats | 263 |
Condover1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| Jane Jones | Independent | 577 ✓ |
| J. Duckett | Liberal Democrats | 126 |
Copthorne1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| Nutting P. | Conservative | 999 ✓ |
| A. Chapman | Liberal Democrats | 957 |
| A Blakeman | Labour | 339 |
Harlescott1 seat · turnout 31.0%
| B. Evans | Conservative | 595 ✓ |
| J. Allaway | Labour | 536 |
| P Niblock | Liberal Democrats | 86 |
Lawley1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| T Corbett | Independent | 408 ✓ |
| M. Beckitt | Liberal Democrats | 110 |
Meole Brace1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| G McKenzie | Labour | 747 ✓ |
| N White | Liberal Democrats | 526 |
| J. Jones | Conservative | 482 |
Monkmoor1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| R. Jones | Labour | 951 ✓ |
| S Rowland-Jones | Conservative | 384 |
| J. Clarke | Liberal Democrats | 225 |
Rea Valley1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| Y. Holyoak | Liberal Democrats | 1,143 ✓ |
| J Wingfield | Conservative | 816 |
| I. Jones | Labour | 321 |
Severn Valley1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| C Armstrong | Conservative | 364 ✓ |
| M Etchells | Labour | 238 |
| G. Grafton | Liberal Democrats | 135 |
Sundorne1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| C. Forbes | Labour | 622 ✓ |
| P. Adams | Conservative | 107 |
| R Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 96 |
Sutton1 seat
| D. Banks | Conservative | 750 ✓ |
| C. Griffiths | Labour | 697 |
| D Ryder | Liberal Democrats | 127 |