Before (end of 1997) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 41 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1998) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 41 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 1
Ward results
Bebington1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| K. Shaughnessy | Labour | 1,933 ✓ |
| H Gow | Conservative | 1,757 |
| N Dyer | Liberal Democrats | 333 |
| A. Jones | Green | 104 |
Bidston1 seat · turnout 17.4%
| W. Nock | Labour | 1,009 ✓ |
| A McFaddon | SOC LAB | 183 |
| J Tomlinson | Liberal Democrats | 155 |
| R Mitchell | Green | 45 |
Birkenhead1 seat · turnout 17.3%
| D. Christian | Labour | 1,351 ✓ |
| M. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 357 |
Bromborough1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| A. Witter | Labour | 1,742 ✓ |
| J. Hall | Conservative | 640 |
| M Bolton | Liberal Democrats | 412 |
| J. Jones | Green | 120 |
Clatterbridge1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| B. Cummings | Conservative | 2,344 ✓ |
| C. Riley | Labour | 1,578 |
| I. Moon | Liberal Democrats | 792 |
| M. Harper | Green | 115 |
Claughton1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| S. Foulkes | Labour | 1,600 ✓ |
| A Molyneux | Liberal Democrats | 637 |
| K. Wise | Conservative | 455 |
| M Cullen | SOC LAB | 99 |
| Shirley Johnson | Green | 76 |
Eastham1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| T. Harney | Liberal Democrats | 2,419 ✓ |
| Jean Stapleton | Labour | 937 |
| M. Hunt | Conservative | 462 |
| B. Gibbs | Green | 72 |
Egerton1 seat · turnout 21.1%
| B Gilfoyle | Labour | 1,293 ✓ |
| C. Ferguson | Conservative | 351 |
| P. Lloyd | Liberal Democrats | 250 |
| Cathy Page | Green | 161 |
| N Kearns | SOC LAB | 153 |
Heswall2 seats · turnout 33.0%
| A. Hodson | Conservative | 2,850 ✓ |
| S Rowlands | Conservative | 2,647 ✓ |
| L. Flanaghan | Labour | 1,016 |
| A. Terry | Labour | 900 |
| Emma Kate Norton | Liberal Democrats | 610 |
| Wilkins R. | Liberal Democrats | 556 |
| Garnette Bowler | Green | 151 |
Hoylake1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| G Ellis | Conservative | 2,536 ✓ |
| E Harrison | Labour | 817 |
| A Richards | Liberal Democrats | 472 |
| Burton A. | Green | 160 |
Leasowe1 seat · turnout 20.8%
| I. Coates | Labour | 1,347 ✓ |
| G Beattie | Conservative | 296 |
| S. Uriel | Liberal Democrats | 248 |
Liscard1 seat · turnout 21.1%
| R. Paterson | Labour | 1,334 ✓ |
| J. Tooke | Conservative | 569 |
| Wright M. | Liberal Democrats | 404 |
Moreton1 seat · turnout 27.9%
| Groves M. | Labour | 1,449 ✓ |
| Ian Lewis | Conservative | 977 |
| C. Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 267 |
New Brighton1 seat · turnout 27.5%
| P. Hackett | Labour | 1,729 ✓ |
| A Pritchard | Conservative | 965 |
| Codling J. | Liberal Democrats | 310 |
| G Bowler | Green | 102 |
Oxton2 seats · turnout 27.1%
| Stuart Kelly | Liberal Democrats | 1,913 ✓ |
| F. Anderson | Liberal Democrats | 1,856 ✓ |
| A. McLaughlin | Labour | 804 |
| Diane Elizabeth Roberts | Labour | 771 |
| L. Moore | Conservative | 587 |
| P. Mitchell | Green | 193 |
Prenton1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| J. Thornton | Liberal Democrats | 2,343 ✓ |
| R Pullen | Labour | 1,042 |
| D Elderton | Conservative | 679 |
| Perle Winifred Sheldricks | Green | 63 |
Royden1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| L. Jones | Conservative | 1,746 ✓ |
| Reisdorf P. | Liberal Democrats | 1,158 |
| R. Pennington | Labour | 909 |
| Ben Burton | Green | 89 |
Seacombe1 seat · turnout 19.4%
| J. Jackson | Labour | 1,525 ✓ |
| L. May | Conservative | 280 |
| R Ellett | Liberal Democrats | 225 |
| P Exley | Green | 56 |
Thurstaston1 seat · turnout 32.9%
| J. McKelvie | Conservative | 2,163 ✓ |
| A Beer | Labour | 1,417 |
| C Wall | Liberal Democrats | 388 |
| Hogg P. | Green | 96 |
Tranmere1 seat · turnout 17.4%
| W. Davies | Labour | 1,328 ✓ |
| S Blaylock | Liberal Democrats | 211 |
| A. Upton | Green | 98 |
Upton1 seat · turnout 27.0%
| H. Lloyd | Labour | 1,790 ✓ |
| J Laing | Conservative | 1,034 |
| Mike Redfern | Liberal Democrats | 421 |
| Joyce Hogg | Green | 94 |
Wallasey1 seat · turnout 32.9%
| Lesley Rennie | Conservative | 2,165 ✓ |
| P Carrington | Labour | 1,125 |
| J. Uriel | Liberal Democrats | 415 |
| F Gillespie | Green | 130 |