Before (end of 1997) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Liberal Democrats 24 · Conservative 13 · Other 0
After (end of 1998) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Liberal Democrats 23 · Conservative 14 · Other 1
Ward results
Ainsdale1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| P Berrill | Conservative | 1,457 ✓ |
| A. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 1,389 |
| L Rankin | Labour | 473 |
| J Leech | Independent | 195 |
Birkdale1 seat · turnout 26.8%
| R Hands | Liberal Democrats | 1,221 ✓ |
| S. Berrill | Conservative | 769 |
| R Warner | Labour | 387 |
| S. Ashton | LIB | 59 |
Blundellsands1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| P. Parry | Conservative | 1,672 ✓ |
| H Wallace | Labour | 829 |
| P. Kehoe | Liberal Democrats | 465 |
Cambridge1 seat · turnout 29.5%
| T. Glover | Conservative | 1,741 ✓ |
| G Nicholls | Liberal Democrats | 1,123 |
| J. Seale | Labour | 379 |
CHURCH1 seat · turnout 17.7%
| Carol Gustafson | Labour | 1,029 ✓ |
| J Gibson | Conservative | 265 |
| D Nolan | Liberal Democrats | 249 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 15.9%
| M. Dowd | Labour | 1,127 ✓ |
| D. Cross | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
| Hilary Bowden | Conservative | 130 |
Duke's1 seat
| L. Byrom | Conservative | 1,324 ✓ |
| P Wainwright | Liberal Democrats | 765 |
| Jowett S. | Labour | 291 |
Harington1 seat · turnout 28.1%
| E. Storey | Conservative | 1,606 ✓ |
| D Haverly | Labour | 869 |
| D. Haydon | Liberal Democrats | 481 |
Kew1 seat · turnout 21.6%
| T. Francis | Liberal Democrats | 1,251 ✓ |
| R Taylor | Conservative | 526 |
| D Morris | Labour | 381 |
| E. Hempel | LIB | 60 |
Linacre1 seat · turnout 14.0%
| Friel G. | Labour | 822 ✓ |
| R. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 132 |
| E. Thomas | SOC | 99 |
Litherland1 seat · turnout 16.9%
| K. Cluskey | Labour | 1,152 ✓ |
| D. Ward | Conservative | 279 |
Manor1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| D Langley | Labour | 1,261 ✓ |
| G Jones | Conservative | 1,047 |
| R James | SOC | 415 |
| W Brereton | Liberal Democrats | 297 |
Meols1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| D. Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 1,525 ✓ |
| D Barton | Conservative | 920 |
| F. Ford | Labour | 431 |
Molyneux1 seat · turnout 25.9%
| A. Howarth | Labour | 770 ✓ |
| P Gill | RATE | 675 |
| A. Brown | Conservative | 649 |
| A. Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 599 |
Netherton1 seat
| B. Lonsdale | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Norwood2 seats · turnout 24.1%
| R. Fearn | Liberal Democrats | 1,585 ✓ |
| D Sumner | Liberal Democrats | 1,261 ✓ |
| P. Durkin | Labour | 406 |
| N Horridge | Labour | 383 |
| N Deans | Conservative | 372 |
| J. Pettitt | Conservative | 344 |
| D Green | LIB | 163 |
| D Proffitt | LIB | 130 |
Orrell1 seat · turnout 16.7%
| Brennan R. | Labour | 1,030 ✓ |
| P. Glover | SOC | 174 |
| L. Tucker | Conservative | 162 |
Ravenmeols1 seat · turnout 29.3%
| B. Griffiths | Conservative | 1,322 ✓ |
| A Shute | Labour | 1,088 |
| D Walker | Liberal Democrats | 348 |
St Oswald1 seat · turnout 18.0%
| W. Burke | Labour | 1,217 ✓ |
| A. Bannister | SOC | 152 |
Sudell1 seat · turnout 24.5%
| C Mainey | Liberal Democrats | 1,497 ✓ |
| E. Jones | Conservative | 630 |
| Susan Williams | Labour | 493 |
| K Donnellon | SOC | 64 |
Victoria1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| P. McVey | Liberal Democrats | 1,628 ✓ |
| G Blundell | Labour | 933 |
| A Smales | Conservative | 354 |