Before (end of 1997) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 23 · Labour 19 · Conservative 6 · Other 1
After (end of 1998) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 22 · Labour 19 · Conservative 7 · Other 1
Ward results
Abbey1 seat
| J. Till | Labour | 1,191 ✓ |
| L. Vaughan | Labour | 377 ✓ |
| B. Mulhern | Conservative | 370 |
| W Reeves | Liberal Democrats | 267 |
Davington Priory1 seat
| P. Mulcahy | Liberal Democrats | 458 ✓ |
| B. Tovey | Conservative | 398 |
| J. Groeger-Wilson | Labour | 243 |
Eastern1 seat
| M. Crouch | Labour | 368 ✓ |
| S. Vassiliou | Conservative | 284 |
| D Groves | Liberal Democrats | 83 |
| H Jones | MRLP | 42 |
Grove1 seat
| D. Spurling | Liberal Democrats | 553 ✓ |
| J. Lewis | Labour | 396 |
| Susan Gent | Conservative | 358 |
Milton Regis1 seat
| Berine Lowe | Liberal Democrats | 633 ✓ |
| A. Phillips | Labour | 520 |
| K. Quinn | Conservative | 175 |
Minster Cliffs1 seat
| J. Stanford | Liberal Democrats | 786 ✓ |
| R. Smith | Labour | 354 |
| K. Ingleton | Conservative | 255 |
| A Collins | MRLP | 73 |
Murston1 seat
| C. Wherrell | Liberal Democrats | 661 ✓ |
| D. Howard | Labour | 310 |
| K Littlejohns | Conservative | 117 |
Queenborough & Halfway1 seat
| V. Dane | Labour | 732 ✓ |
| G. Henderson | Conservative | 570 |
| A. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 140 |
| H Nielsen | MRLP | 96 |
| Squire F. ind | loon dem | 5 |
Roman1 seat
| W Colvin | Liberal Democrats | 742 ✓ |
| Steve Clark | Labour | 636 |
| G Mason | Conservative | 324 |
Sheerness East1 seat
| D. Sargent | Labour | 544 ✓ |
| K. Ferrin | Conservative | 201 |
| C Driver | MRLP | 96 |
| R. Mander | Liberal Democrats | 68 |
Sheerness West1 seat
| Cassidy D. | Labour | 648 ✓ |
| P. Hayes | Conservative | 173 |
| C. Wellard | MRLP | 110 |
| C. Howe | Liberal Democrats | 64 |
Sheppey Central1 seat
| J. Crouch | Labour | 412 ✓ |
| A. Crowther | Conservative | 275 |
| Anne Groves | Liberal Democrats | 111 |
| D Luddington | MRLP | 46 |
St Ann's1 seat
| P. Salmon | Labour | 524 ✓ |
| T. Fentiman | Conservative | 442 |
| T Mulcahy | Liberal Democrats | 92 |
| G Forster | Green | 78 |
St. Anns1 seat
| T. Fentiman | Conservative | 442 |
| T Mulcahy | Liberal Democrats | 92 |
| G Forster | Green | 78 |
Teynham & Lynsted1 seat
| J. Newman | Conservative | 710 ✓ |
| T. Hughes | Labour | 369 |
| Renee Wherrell | Liberal Democrats | 92 |
Watling1 seat
| C. Davis | Conservative | 647 |
| A. Williams | Labour | 260 |
Woodstock1 seat
| Ann McLean | Liberal Democrats | 1,034 ✓ |
| M. Clarke | Conservative | 674 |
| Jeane Holmes | Labour | 365 |