Before (end of 1997) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 41 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Conservative 3 · Other 1
After (end of 1998) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 40 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Conservative 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Blunsdon1 seat · turnout 30.4%
| G. Dart | Conservative | 661 ✓ |
| S. Bailey | Labour | 209 |
| C Fitchett | Liberal Democrats | 132 |
Central1 seat · turnout 18.6%
| J. Dale | Labour | 643 ✓ |
| G Grange | Liberal Democrats | 140 |
| S Keen | Conservative | 138 |
| S Smith | Green | 63 |
| Jane Walker | Independent | 50 |
| D Camburn | Independent | 21 |
Chiseldon1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| A. Dudman | Liberal Democrats | 277 ✓ |
| J Legge | Conservative | 264 |
| K Weeks | Independent | 217 |
| J Markey | Labour | 111 |
Dorcan1 seat · turnout 25.9%
| J. Garton | Labour | 1,049 ✓ |
| G Perkins | Conservative | 743 |
| Ann Richards | Liberal Democrats | 173 |
Eastcott1 seat · turnout 26.5%
| M. Evemy | Liberal Democrats | 1,110 ✓ |
| T Badcock | Labour | 590 |
| M. Dickinson | Conservative | 221 |
| A. O'Sullivan | Green | 77 |
Freshbrook1 seat · turnout 26.6%
| C Eley | Labour | 665 ✓ |
| P. Rashid | Liberal Democrats | 661 |
| C Lovell | Conservative | 520 |
Gorse Hill1 seat
| E. Ballman | Labour | 1,006 |
| J. Jenkins | Conservative | 221 |
| J. Kurton | Liberal Democrats | 170 |
Highworth1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| C. Arkell | Conservative | 963 ✓ |
| L. Vardy | Labour | 962 |
| Jennifer Shorten | Liberal Democrats | 259 |
Lawns1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| T. Butters | Liberal Democrats | 1,393 ✓ |
| M. Harper | Conservative | 1,388 |
| M Cawood | Labour | 307 |
| J. Hughes | Green | 118 |
Moredon1 seat · turnout 20.1%
| Derique Montaut | Labour | 902 ✓ |
| S Johal | Conservative | 227 |
| A. Kurton | Liberal Democrats | 203 |
Parks1 seat · turnout 17.2%
| Steve Allsopp | Labour | 952 ✓ |
| M. Foley | Conservative | 134 |
| D Burton | Liberal Democrats | 116 |
St Margaret1 seat · turnout 23.4%
| J. Foley | Labour | 1,224 ✓ |
| C. Day | Conservative | 1,081 |
| J Newman | Liberal Democrats | 250 |
St Philip1 seat · turnout 23.7%
| T. Page, | Labour | 1,008 ✓ |
| L James | Conservative | 304 |
| B. Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 169 |
Toothill1 seat · turnout 21.3%
| N. Martin | Conservative | 1,296 ✓ |
| R. Young | Labour | 1,126 |
| E. Aylett, | Liberal Democrats | 257 |
| Collins M. | Green | 73 |
Walcot1 seat · turnout 26.0%
| E. Foley | Labour | 853 ✓ |
| D. Sheppard | Conservative | 417 |
| Kathleen McCarthy | Liberal Democrats | 223 |
| C. Smith | Green | 49 |
Western1 seat · turnout 23.6%
| K. Small | Labour | 1,264 ✓ |
| D Hackett | Conservative | 339 |
| E. Clifton-Page | Liberal Democrats | 178 |
| Robert Heritage | Green | 55 |
Whitworth1 seat · turnout 19.5%
| D. Glaholm | Labour | 664 ✓ |
| T. Hudson | Liberal Democrats | 220 |
| David Day | Conservative | 135 |