Before (end of 1997) (41 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 12 · Other 9 · Labour 2
After (end of 1998) (41 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 16 · Conservative 14 · Other 9 · Labour 2
Ward results
Ashtead Park1 seat
| A. Wadsworth | Ind RES | 863 ✓ |
| C Hodge | Labour | 142 |
ASHTEAD VILLAGE1 seat
| J. Hiscock | Independent | 1,157 ✓ |
| Cathy Scott | Labour | 221 |
BOOKHAM NORTH1 seat
| W Moore | Conservative | 1,003 ✓ |
| R Harvey | Liberal Democrats | 497 |
Bookham South2 seats
| N. Berry | Liberal Democrats | 1,100 ✓ |
| A. Turner | Liberal Democrats | 1,056 ✓ |
| C. Glenister | Conservative | 746 |
| M Glenister | Conservative | 719 |
Brockham1 seat
| M. Homewood | Liberal Democrats | 682 ✓ |
| Ryan Slater | Conservative | 170 |
| I. James | Labour | 58 |
Dorking North East1 seat
| D. Burt | Liberal Democrats | 581 ✓ |
| P Curran | Conservative | 255 |
| E. Watts | Labour | 54 |
Dorking South-East1 seat
| L. Timms | Liberal Democrats | 540 ✓ |
| D Whiston | Conservative | 478 |
| G. Corey | Labour | 104 |
Dorking South-West1 seat
| J. Butcher | Liberal Democrats | 512 ✓ |
| A Jessup | Conservative | 258 |
| N. Trier | Labour | 106 |
Leatherhead North1 seat
| Beatrice Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 870 ✓ |
| D. Christison | Labour | 369 |
| J Harber | Conservative | 284 |
Leatherhead South1 seat
| D. Sharland | Conservative | 680 ✓ |
| J Carr | Liberal Democrats | 557 |
Rural East1 seat
| G Vinter | Conservative | 521 ✓ |
| H. Wade | Liberal Democrats | 307 |