Before (end of 1997) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Conservative 20 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1998) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 20 · Other 3 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
Aughton Town Green1 seat · turnout 27.6%
| O'Toole D. | Conservative | 753 ✓ |
| R Cavaghan | Labour | 319 |
| T Brotheridge | Nlp | 20 |
Birch Green1 seat · turnout 20.5%
| R Sealey | Labour | 1,200 ✓ |
| J Collins | Nlp | 201 |
| C Alty | Conservative | 187 |
Burscough1 seat · turnout 26.7%
| A. Maguire | Labour | 621 ✓ |
| R. Gibbons | Conservative | 439 |
| L. Jensen | Nlp | 22 |
Burscough East1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| W. Carter | Independent | 565 ✓ |
| D Elliot | Conservative | 440 |
| J Edwards | Nlp | 23 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 28.6%
| D. Swiffen | Conservative | 1,004 ✓ |
| J. Taylor | Labour | 831 |
| W Ayliffe | Nlp | 39 |
Downholland1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| A. Johnson | Labour | 237 ✓ |
| S. | Conservative | 209 |
| R Perry | Nlp | 6 |
Knowsley1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| Valerie Hopley | Conservative | 836 ✓ |
| S. Cottle | Labour | 469 |
| A. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 141 |
| S Cohen | Nlp | 8 |
Moorside1 seat · turnout 21.8%
| G Allen | Labour | 405 ✓ |
| F Riley | Ind Lab | 160 |
| J. Hignett | Conservative | 49 |
| D. Walker | Nlp | 14 |
Newburgh1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| K. Vincent | Conservative | 425 ✓ |
| Jacqueline Citarella | Labour | 224 |
| C. Hite | Nlp | 9 |
NORTH MEOLS1 seat · turnout 32.6%
| J. Baldock | Conservative | 542 ✓ |
| Joan Draper | Labour | 361 |
PARBOLD1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| W Waterworth | Conservative | 676 ✓ |
| S. Raju | Labour | 335 |
| S Withers | Nlp | 11 |
Scarisbrick1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| M. Edwards | Conservative | 394 ✓ |
| I. Duffy | Labour | 240 |
| S. Herman | Nlp | 9 |
Scott1 seat · turnout 29.0%
| A. Martin | Labour | 667 ✓ |
| G. Jones | Conservative | 354 |
| M Winstanley | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
| S Ross | Nlp | 15 |
Skelmersdale North1 seat · turnout 20.9%
| J. White | Labour | 723 ✓ |
| P. Edwards | Conservative | 163 |
Skelmersdale South1 seat · turnout 19.9%
| B Humes | Labour | 689 ✓ |
| P Sturdy | Conservative | 83 |
| P Davis | Nlp | 33 |
Tanhouse1 seat · turnout 20.7%
| Terry Aldridge | Labour | 621 ✓ |
| E Byrne | Conservative | 67 |
| P Brown | Nlp | 33 |
TARLETON1 seat · turnout 30.9%
| J Hodson | Independent | 581 ✓ |
| B. Gannaway-Jones | Conservative | 522 |
| R Ford | Labour | 130 |
Up Holland South1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| F. McKenna | Labour | 574 ✓ |
| J Alker | Conservative | 264 |
| T Kerwin | Nlp | 18 |