Before (end of 1997) (62 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 29 · Conservative 24 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1998) (62 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 23 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
Ward results
Aldborough3 seats
| J. Coombes | Labour | 1,453 ✓ |
| D. Thurlby | Labour | 1,346 ✓ |
| K Turner | Labour | 1,285 ✓ |
| V. Cole | Conservative | 927 |
| McIntyre W. | Conservative | 914 |
| F Watts | Conservative | 900 |
| J. Barmby | Liberal Democrats | 196 |
| E Yeoman | Liberal Democrats | 170 |
| M Dommett | Liberal Democrats | 170 |
Barkingside3 seats · turnout 34.9%
| K. Axon | Conservative | 1,636 |
| G. Borrott | Conservative | 1,629 |
| R. Brunnen | Conservative | 1,592 |
| N Hilton | Labour | 1,548 |
| R. Chanan | Labour | 1,494 |
| E. Skelton | Labour | 1,472 |
| V. Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 306 |
| A. Peterson | Liberal Democrats | 305 |
| A. Williamson | Liberal Democrats | 299 |
Bridge3 seats
| P Lawrence | Conservative | 1,463 ✓ |
| C. Cooper | Conservative | 1,382 ✓ |
| M. Hickey | Conservative | 1,360 ✓ |
| B Cohen | Labour | 1,241 |
| M Lambert | Labour | 1,212 |
| M Sheikh | Labour | 1,066 |
| C Daren | Liberal Democrats | 357 |
| M Sinclair | Liberal Democrats | 344 |
| N. Pashby | Liberal Democrats | 331 |
| N Hoarau | SOC LAB | 173 |
| Results | — | 0 |
Chadwell3 seats
| G. Straight | Liberal Democrats | 2,304 ✓ |
| J. Tyne | Liberal Democrats | 2,050 ✓ |
| R. Scott | Liberal Democrats | 2,048 ✓ |
| Adam Walker | Labour | 746 |
| Beatrice Corfield | Conservative | 722 |
| S Spivack | Conservative | 636 |
| M Mbonye | Conservative | 591 |
| R Mudhar | Labour | 561 |
| B Pathak | Labour | 560 |
Church End3 seats
| R Hoskins | Liberal Democrats | 1,836 ✓ |
| H. Cleaver | Liberal Democrats | 1,810 ✓ |
| M. Hoskins | Liberal Democrats | 1,763 ✓ |
| C Cummins | Conservative | 677 |
| J Debenham-Burton | Conservative | 673 |
| John Steinberg | Conservative | 610 |
| D Pearce | Labour | 412 |
| J. Ubsdell | Labour | 370 |
| S Saied | Labour | 353 |
Clayhall3 seats
| Alan Weinberg | Conservative | 1,639 ✓ |
| R Barden | Conservative | 1,612 ✓ |
| J. Lovell | Conservative | 1,564 ✓ |
| S Crockford | Labour | 1,111 |
| Mary Tuffin | Labour | 1,050 |
| H Majid | Labour | 1,006 |
| Barbara Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 311 |
| Alison McBrayne | Liberal Democrats | 261 |
| V Stevens | Liberal Democrats | 250 |
Clementswood3 seats
| F. Noor | Labour | 1,463 ✓ |
| S. Green | Labour | 1,438 ✓ |
| P. Laugharne | Labour | 1,310 ✓ |
| S. Patel | Conservative | 966 |
| M. Inayat | Conservative | 888 |
| S. Gautam | Conservative | 756 |
| J. Collis | Liberal Democrats | 401 |
| L Hutchines | Liberal Democrats | 334 |
| H. Glanfield | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
Cranbrook3 seats
| C. Elliman | Conservative | 1,521 ✓ |
| G. Corfield | Conservative | 1,421 ✓ |
| A. Mirza | Conservative | 1,421 ✓ |
| M. Fitzmaurice | Labour | 1,346 |
| M. Hussain | Labour | 1,316 |
| G Scottow | Labour | 1,272 |
| S Sharma | Liberal Democrats | 304 |
| S. Simons | Liberal Democrats | 298 |
| R. Markovitch | Liberal Democrats | 271 |
egdirbdeR3 seats · turnout 29.9%
| H. Moth | Conservative | 1,358 |
| L. Davies | Conservative | 1,333 |
| A. Hughes | Conservative | 1,320 |
| J. Fox | Labour | 889 |
| J Hoedemaker | Labour | 809 |
| Qureshi K. | Labour | 684 |
| J. Cudmore | Liberal Democrats | 489 |
| A Martin | Liberal Democrats | 460 |
| Black D. | Liberal Democrats | 445 |
Fairlop3 seats
| J. Ryan | Conservative | 1,385 ✓ |
| R Emmett | Labour | 1,307 ✓ |
| L. Scott | Conservative | 1,280 ✓ |
| R. Wyatt | Labour | 1,270 |
| R Cole | Conservative | 1,265 |
| M Lambert | Labour | 1,244 |
| Geoff Harvey | Liberal Democrats | 317 |
| P Briggs | Liberal Democrats | 226 |
| J. Moody | Liberal Democrats | 219 |
Goodmayes2 seats · turnout 29.8%
| S. Middleburgh | Labour | 643 |
| D. Radford | Labour | 588 |
| K. Langford | Conservative | 369 |
| S Baig | Conservative | 324 |
| F Marsh | Liberal Democrats | 233 |
| N. Dattani | Liberal Democrats | 193 |
Hainault3 seats
| J Fairley-Churchill | Labour | 1,070 ✓ |
| R. Newcombe | Labour | 1,056 ✓ |
| E. Peake | Labour | 1,039 ✓ |
| Sheila Moth | Conservative | 530 |
| S. MacDonald | Conservative | 525 |
| B Wilson | Conservative | 502 |
| Kathleen Black | Liberal Democrats | 221 |
| Rosalind Wright | Liberal Democrats | 192 |
| P Prager | Liberal Democrats | 174 |
Loxford3 seats
| M Javed | Labour | 1,655 ✓ |
| S Speller | Labour | 1,417 ✓ |
| F. Maravala | Labour | 1,296 ✓ |
| M Zamir | Conservative | 832 |
| P Baig | Conservative | 627 |
| A Hindoian | Conservative | 485 |
| S Akhtar | Independent | 329 |
| P Clack | Liberal Democrats | 309 |
| L. Everest | Liberal Democrats | 270 |
| J Sahgal | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
Mayfield3 seats
| L. Hilton | Labour | 1,567 ✓ |
| R. Golding | Labour | 1,547 ✓ |
| A. Parkash | Labour | 1,528 ✓ |
| D. Clarke | Conservative | 1,225 |
| A Leggatt | Conservative | 1,011 |
| M. Shaikh | Conservative | 906 |
| E. Papworth | Liberal Democrats | 314 |
| E Potkins | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
| R. Torney | Liberal Democrats | 213 |
Monkhams3 seats
| M. Stark | Conservative | 1,795 ✓ |
| L. Huggett | Conservative | 1,795 ✓ |
| J O’Shea | Conservative | 1,789 ✓ |
| M McElarney | Liberal Democrats | 626 |
| G. Seeff | Liberal Democrats | 589 |
| P Lomax | Liberal Democrats | 550 |
| D Douglas | Labour | 519 |
| Noel Hayes | Labour | 514 |
| G Lynch | Labour | 463 |
Newbury3 seats
| G Evans | Labour | 1,744 ✓ |
| G Nicholson | Labour | 1,704 ✓ |
| Dev Raj Sharma | Labour | 1,688 ✓ |
| Darshan Sharma | Conservative | 746 |
| Mohammed Bashir | Conservative | 713 |
| S Parmar | Conservative | 686 |
| A. Olive | Liberal Democrats | 377 |
| W Staight | Liberal Democrats | 276 |
| Deanna Seeff | Liberal Democrats | 225 |
Roding3 seats
| I. Bond | Liberal Democrats | 1,776 ✓ |
| F. Banks | Liberal Democrats | 1,721 ✓ |
| A. Boyland | Liberal Democrats | 1,664 ✓ |
| A Loffhagen | Conservative | 964 |
| P Chapman | Conservative | 951 |
| F Hussain | Conservative | 885 |
| H. Garratt | Labour | 582 |
| J Cullen | Labour | 574 |
| M Chew | Labour | 565 |
| M Levin | Independent | 100 |
Seven Kings3 seats
| Elizabeth Pearce | Labour | 1,343 ✓ |
| M Patel | Labour | 1,317 ✓ |
| Robert Littlewood | Labour | 1,245 ✓ |
| Rajinder Athwal | Conservative | 969 |
| A Kumar | Conservative | 908 |
| B Waghorn | Conservative | 843 |
| I Ward | Liberal Democrats | 314 |
| Florence MacDonald | Liberal Democrats | 276 |
| D Dhooma | Liberal Democrats | 185 |
Snaresbrook3 seats
| Gregor Eglin | Labour | 1,492 ✓ |
| P Good | Conservative | 1,411 ✓ |
| S. Nolan | Conservative | 1,366 ✓ |
| L Manning | Labour | 1,354 |
| A Lenaghan | Conservative | 1,335 |
| S Morgan | Labour | 1,298 |
| W Madge | Liberal Democrats | 353 |
| R Stevens | Liberal Democrats | 337 |
| J Swallow | Liberal Democrats | 322 |
Valentines3 seats
| J Brindley | Labour | 1,198 ✓ |
| E Norman | Labour | 1,071 ✓ |
| V. Tewari | Labour | 1,011 ✓ |
| S Burtt | Conservative | 629 |
| Suraya Ahmed Yasin | Conservative | 576 |
| T Sian | Conservative | 544 |
| G Hogarth | Liberal Democrats | 321 |
| A. Wright | Liberal Democrats | 236 |
| S. Hamlyn | Liberal Democrats | 232 |
| B Curtis | Green | 183 |
Wanstead3 seats
| G. George | Labour | 1,461 ✓ |
| J. Edelman | Labour | 1,450 ✓ |
| A. Burgess | Conservative | 1,413 ✓ |
| A. Tuffin | Labour | 1,346 |
| T. Howl | Conservative | 1,232 |
| M. Borrott | Conservative | 1,217 |
| J. Cornish | Liberal Democrats | 536 |
| P. Winborne | Liberal Democrats | 419 |
| J Swallow | Liberal Democrats | 369 |
