Before (end of 1997) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 13 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1998) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Labour 11 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Broxbourne1 seat
| D Poole | Conservative | 845 ✓ |
| R Foskett | Labour | 284 |
| D. Gibson | Liberal Democrats | 189 |
| R Stone | Ind Con | 117 |
Bury Green1 seat
| D. Clayton | Conservative | 835 ✓ |
| L. Dambrauskas | Labour | 766 |
| H Appiah | Liberal Democrats | 77 |
Cheshunt Central1 seat
| S. Kendall | Conservative | 576 ✓ |
| J Emslie | Labour | 255 |
| R Smith | Liberal Democrats | 249 |
Cheshunt North1 seat
| L. Merry | Conservative | 651 ✓ |
| L Hickling | Labour | 622 |
| M. Gould | Liberal Democrats | 91 |
Flamstead End1 seat
| D. Smith | Conservative | 762 ✓ |
| G. Panayiotopoulos | Labour | 357 |
| P. Blackshaw | Liberal Democrats | 195 |
Goffs Oak1 seat
| M. Dowsett | Conservative | 815 ✓ |
| R. McCole | Labour | 146 |
| C Stone | Ind Con | 94 |
| J. Barton | Liberal Democrats | 82 |
Hoddesdon North1 seat
| W Cooper | Conservative | 733 ✓ |
| A. Fey | Liberal Democrats | 261 |
| K Hodge | Labour | 235 |
Hoddesdon Town1 seat
| Ken Ayling | Conservative | 694 ✓ |
| J. Kousoulou | Labour | 322 |
| H. Campbell | Liberal Democrats | 205 |
Rosedale1 seat
| Mandy Hayward | Conservative | 339 ✓ |
| T Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 220 |
| C. Iles | Labour | 209 |
Theobalds1 seat
| D. Edmonds | Conservative | 627 ✓ |
| W. Press | Labour | 458 |
| J Tait | Liberal Democrats | 89 |
Waltham Cross North1 seat
| N. Ames | Conservative | 619 ✓ |
| C. Simonovitch | Labour | 310 |
| C. Appiah | Liberal Democrats | 41 |
| A Gater | Ind Con | 25 |
Waltham Cross South1 seat
| M Farrington | Labour | 501 ✓ |
| J. Hornsey | Conservative | 338 |
| E. Ormerod | Liberal Democrats | 72 |
Wormley/Turnford1 seat
| B. Hill | Conservative | 450 ✓ |
| M. Podlubny | Labour | 426 |
| N Garton | Liberal Democrats | 71 |