Before (end of 1997) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Conservative 9 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 1
After (end of 1998) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 10 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 2
Ward results
All Saints1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| N Islam | Labour | 519 ✓ |
| A Ditta | Independent | 358 |
| F Lankester | Conservative | 356 |
| G. Royce | Liberal Democrats | 180 |
Bedwardine1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| D. Prodger | Conservative | 1,110 ✓ |
| E. Martin-Phelan | Labour | 555 |
| I Macbriar | Liberal Democrats | 164 |
Claines1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| S. Askin | Liberal Democrats | 1,253 ✓ |
| D. Nolan | Conservative | 1,050 |
| B Whitmore | Labour | 302 |
Holy Trinity3 seats
| A Snooks | Liberal Democrats | 1,358 ✓ |
| B Duffey | Liberal Democrats | 1,342 ✓ |
| S Ullah | Labour | 1,314 ✓ |
| R. Tucker | Liberal Democrats | 1,270 |
| J. Gardiner | Labour | 1,181 |
| A Sharpe | Labour | 1,156 |
| R Berry | Labour | 530 ✓ |
| M Syed | Conservative | 313 |
| D Cooper | Independent | 226 |
| P Costello | BNP | 147 |
| Lucy Hodgson | Conservative | 143 |
| G Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 87 |
Nunnery1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| M Francis | Independent | 918 ✓ |
| A Wood | Labour | 735 |
| G Francomb | Conservative | 203 |
| P Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 60 |
Rainbow Hill1 seat · turnout 19.9%
| D Barlow | Labour | 593 ✓ |
| G. Richardson | Conservative | 164 |
| R Willott | Liberal Democrats | 88 |
St Barnabas1 seat · turnout 37.7%
| A. Mitchell | Liberal Democrats | 928 |
| I Jones | Conservative | 411 |
| S. Katwala | Labour | 187 |
St Clement2 seats
| B. Sheridan | Labour | 1,109 ✓ |
| D McGilvray | Labour | 1,010 ✓ |
| B Mackenzie-Williams | Conservative | 710 |
| J Mutter | Conservative | 703 |
| Peter Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 282 |
| M Bunford | Liberal Democrats | 215 |
St Martin1 seat · turnout 20.5%
| J. Tyler | Labour | 1,105 ✓ |
| N Monkhouse | Conservative | 779 |
| E Cozens | Independent | 224 |
| W Ross | Liberal Democrats | 176 |
St Nicholas1 seat · turnout 29.2%
| D Bannister | Labour | 736 ✓ |
| N Turner | Conservative | 432 |
| A Watson | Liberal Democrats | 251 |
St Stephen1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| G. Jones | Conservative | 1,054 ✓ |
| J Lusk | Labour | 521 |
| D Bishop-Rowe | Liberal Democrats | 151 |
St. John3 seats · turnout 35.9%
| T Beresford | Conservative | 1,729 ✓ |
| R. Smith | Conservative | 1,637 ✓ |
| P. McCausland | Conservative | 1,603 ✓ |
| A Grimes | Labour | 1,275 |
| D. Sutton | Labour | 1,200 |
| A Tuck | Labour | 1,096 |
| R Turner | Labour | 720 ✓ |
| C. Layland | Independent | 455 |
| Stephen Hodgson | Conservative | 273 |
| A Crick | Liberal Democrats | 248 |
| L. Stewart | Liberal Democrats | 224 |
| A Giles | Liberal Democrats | 198 |